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Apple To Review Software Practices After Patching Serious Mac Bug (reuters.com)

Posted by msmash on from the tightening-things dept.

Apple said on Wednesday it would review its software development process after scrambling to patch a serious bug it learned of on Tuesday in its macOS operating system for desktop and laptop computers. From a report: "We greatly regret this error and we apologize to all Mac users, both for releasing with this vulnerability and for the concern it has caused," Apple said in a statement. "Our customers deserve better. We are auditing our development processes to help prevent this from happening again."

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  1. I just need to know by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Was it an H1-B developer or something that was sent to India?

  2. Holy shit by nightfire-unique · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Not a Mac fan, but this is the most honest, respectable response to a mistake I've seen from a corporation in a long time.

    Props, Apple.

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    1. Re:Holy shit by Ichijo · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Talk is cheap. Let's see what the audit finds. And why did previous audits fail to find the flaw?

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  3. Re:Maybe... just maybe. by ledow · · Score: 1, Insightful

    I'm sorry... Apple's hardware is the GOOD bit?

    Fuck...

  4. But Apple will NOT let you talk about such things by shanen · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Apple's response is just PR-driven BS, and your comment does NOT deserve the "insightful" moderation the shills and sakura gave it. The only insight from your comment is that you have minimal contact with Apple.

    Try and honestly criticize Apple in an Apple-controlled venue and you will find out what total lack of respect means in a profit-dominated context. For example, if you had tried to describe this rather horrendous security problem and gotten too negative, I predict you would have found your comment blocked. Based on my years of experiences involving a MacBook Pro (which I still use on a daily basis for certain tasks), I actually think Apple has automated the censorship using sentiment analysis of the draft comment. Or perhaps it's profile-driven by the secret dossiers they have on each of us?

    I could write a more substantive response on the topic, but here on Slashdot such a comment would merely be shouted down by pro-Apple fanbois with mod points to burn. Not worth the time, though I will donate a few seconds for a rerun of the capsule version:

    Capitalism and communism are dead. Our new religion is corporate cancerism. There is no gawd but profit, and Apple is gawd's chief prophet.

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  5. Re: Maybe... just maybe. by ilsaloving · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It *used* to be. Now their hardware is nothing more than a gratuitously expensive appliance.

    If I could easily run OSX on non-apple hardware, I'd do it in a heartbeat. (And when I say run, I mean perfectly, flawlessly, without something not working right)

    I'm still using a 2010 MBP because every version they put out afterward is more and more annoying. Can't replace the battery. Can't replace storage. Can't replace ram. Now you don't even get a USB 3 or HDMI port. It's offensive.

    They claim that it's "future proofing" the machine. That's nothing but a lie to mask their efforts to gouge the crap out of people on dongles.