Apple's Gatekeeper Still Broken (csoonline.com)

itwbennett writes: This weekend, Apple security expert Patrick Wardle will detail a vulnerability in Apple's Gatekeeper that makes it possible to bypass the anti-malware defense. This is the same vulnerability that was disclosed last April, which Apple said it patched later. Wardle was able to easily bypass Apple's fixes. He says "all Apple did was blacklist the signed apps he was abusing, but didn't fix the underlying issue, which is that, essentially, Gatekeeper functions as a guard that doesn't check" software already on the whitelist.

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Re:Doesn't matter.

[The-Ixian]

Well said.

I don't think of Apple today as the same company they once were.

My first computer was an Apple II+ on which I spent countless hours wring BASIC programs. I monopolized its use so much that it eventually just ended up in my room. I would write basic by hand during boring church and couldn't wait to get home and type it in.

I loved that computer....

But Apple has always been expensive and it was much easier for me to buy PC components over time and slowly assemble a computer with my lawn mowing money. I have never really looked back.

Over the years I have looked at Apple products with envy at times. I think Mac has always been a good computer. It was just that by the time I could afford one, I was already well down the PC path. In addition to that, at the time, not much software worked with Mac and so it felt like it would be a step backwards.

That said, whenever I have the opportunity, I will use a Mac in order to be able to provide basic support.

I have a work issued iPad which I use for testing and playing some games. I like it ok, but it almost seems quaint compared to an Android table or a Microsoft Surface.