Well the answer to your goofy little problem is simple. Tell them to find an employer that is not so backwards that they use programs which require a pos operating system like windows?
You are clearly a very biased fan boy, despite your assertion to the contrary.
No I think he was suggesting that the URL handlers allow the custom confirmation to be launched inside of Safari before even launching the app (like the standard phone number handler in iOS).
Of the few that do, very few of those do anything that would require confirmation. The documentation for App developers clearly tells them to validate input, etc. when launching their app from a URL handler.
You are obviously confused about what a URL handler even is.. Cure that you got modded insightful though.
You wish...Search for the list of security in Android, it is on here somewhere. Many of them are months (not the 2 weeks of the PDF exploit on iOS) and at least 5 of them are more serious, a couple can be exploited remotely.
Your "interesting" post only pointed out one iOS security flaw, the "PDF" exploit and it still required the user to someting. Your outrage over the URL handlers shows you know nothing at all about application development, url handlers, iOS, iPhones, web browsers, or application security.
I love your signature line touting the most completely insecure mobile environment available today. Good show. It is cute that your drivel was modded insightful.
You are obviously confused, obviously never written an application for anything, and certainly never written an iOS app. Application developers have the ability to create confirmation dialogues and the responsibility to do so. From the nature of the ignorance displayed in your post I would assume you have never used an iPhone and certainly never used an iPhone Skype app. Your false outrage is more annoying than cute.
Apple's only realistic solution would be to reject apps that do not use confirmation dialogues for doing things like making Skype calls. But then Apple has to make a judgement about how important certain activities are.
Then you both completely misunderstood the problem and have absolutely no idea what you are talking about...What should iOS ask? You installed an app that registers a URL handler, it is in fact up to that app to umm you know properly handle the url. The browser has no idea what that URL actually does, the app handling it does and is responsible for ensuring the user is informed before doing something expensive/dangerous...
This is simply the second story in a week desperately trying to find security flaws in iOS and failing miserably.
Really you got your Paypal login information stolen by a sniffer App on a non-jailbroken iPhone. Where was the news story? (I am serious). Oh right there isn't one because you are not telling the truth. Either A: You jailbroke your iPhone and installed a bunch of random crap and then decided it was a good idea to use it for financial transactions too or B. You are full of shit. I vote B...
Sharing music is obviously a danger to all of us and if we don't stop these pirates, people will continued to be slaughtered off the coast of Africa...
It was considerably more stable than say 80-90 or 2000 to 2010, but it did still increase. The budget was technically balanced, but I do not believe the debt was fully serviced so the deficit increased (Interest was accumulated and added to the debt). The other poster who said it was a misnomer was accurate.
So the federal budget did not spend more money than it took in, but it also did not pay all the interest accumulating on the debt. The Clinton administration was also the only time since Carter that debt went down in relation to GDP.
The Worst period of growth for our National debt seems to be when the white house and both houses of congress are from the same party. Neither major politically party in the US has been fiscally responsible in my lifetime. The best we can hope for is gridlock to slow down the spending. (This was why the debt only went up by.4t in Clinton's second term.
George Bush combined with the 108th and 109th Republican congress were far and away the worst spenders in history. (Blame the war if you want, but you would be completely full of shit). It remains to be seen if Obama and the Democrats managed to outwaste our money in the past two years, I presume they did.
Anyone who supports either US political party and thinks they are doing a good job is an uninformed moron. Anyone who supports the Tea Party is an easily fooled, uninformed moron. There are no good choices in American politics, there are quite frankly no good people involved in American politics.
Whoever you are about to name in your response is incorrect, they are not a good person either.
From a government spending standpoint, bush is far left of Obama. Bush was only conservative concerning things that are no business of the government..
And what wil you do to make Grandma comfortable with installing all these applications? Keep in mind that Microsoft spent the last 20 years putting everyones systems at risk with inadequate security and now many (maybe even most) people only feel comfortable if they know someone is checking out all the programs they want to install.
No most/. people don't get it. It might not be the right world for GPL software to exist, but if the authors of GPLd software want access to the iOS market and the implicit trust the users have for software purchased in the App store, they are going to have to come up with a new license.
We can argue all day wither or not that trust is well placed, or in anyway benefical. THe fact is that it exists. Real end users have the most freedom with Apples app store, they can browse around and click on any stupid thing and install it and never worry about the bad things that will happen to them. (queue people linking articles they did not understand with headlines proclaiming problems with app store apps that do not really exist).
I enjoyed your response. It was amusing to watch the GP claim to support "free" software and slam BSD at the same time. Knowledge is power, the more ingrained GPL becomes in the FOSS community , the more it will stifle innovation.
Indeed several developers on the VLC team do not see the issue at all. Many will ultimately stop developing on GPL licensed apps because they are not compatible with life in 2010. Ironically the FSF will kill free software development.
No they aren't. Stop trying to play lawyer. They will take down the App as requested. If the VLC developers want to get together and sue the FSF so they can repost it they can. You saying Apple is "criminally liable" is frankly just silly.
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Well the answer to your goofy little problem is simple. Tell them to find an employer that is not so backwards that they use programs which require a pos operating system like windows?
You are clearly a very biased fan boy, despite your assertion to the contrary.
Of course there is no exploit.. Neato try though.
You are wrong on every level and totally confused. I for one am shocked this was not modded insightful.
No I think he was suggesting that the URL handlers allow the custom confirmation to be launched inside of Safari before even launching the app (like the standard phone number handler in iOS).
"ANY" app wil not have a URL handler.
Of the few that do, very few of those do anything that would require confirmation. The documentation for App developers clearly tells them to validate input, etc. when launching their app from a URL handler.
You are obviously confused about what a URL handler even is.. Cure that you got modded insightful though.
You wish...Search for the list of security in Android, it is on here somewhere. Many of them are months (not the 2 weeks of the PDF exploit on iOS) and at least 5 of them are more serious, a couple can be exploited remotely.
Your "interesting" post only pointed out one iOS security flaw, the "PDF" exploit and it still required the user to someting. Your outrage over the URL handlers shows you know nothing at all about application development, url handlers, iOS, iPhones, web browsers, or application security.
I love your signature line touting the most completely insecure mobile environment available today. Good show. It is cute that your drivel was modded insightful.
You are obviously confused, obviously never written an application for anything, and certainly never written an iOS app. Application developers have the ability to create confirmation dialogues and the responsibility to do so. From the nature of the ignorance displayed in your post I would assume you have never used an iPhone and certainly never used an iPhone Skype app. Your false outrage is more annoying than cute.
Apple's only realistic solution would be to reject apps that do not use confirmation dialogues for doing things like making Skype calls. But then Apple has to make a judgement about how important certain activities are.
Then you both completely misunderstood the problem and have absolutely no idea what you are talking about...What should iOS ask? You installed an app that registers a URL handler, it is in fact up to that app to umm you know properly handle the url. The browser has no idea what that URL actually does, the app handling it does and is responsible for ensuring the user is informed before doing something expensive/dangerous...
This is simply the second story in a week desperately trying to find security flaws in iOS and failing miserably.
Really you got your Paypal login information stolen by a sniffer App on a non-jailbroken iPhone. Where was the news story? (I am serious). Oh right there isn't one because you are not telling the truth. Either A: You jailbroke your iPhone and installed a bunch of random crap and then decided it was a good idea to use it for financial transactions too or B. You are full of shit. I vote B...
There may not be any (seriously) . Far fewer apps exist for Android. Reporting reality != bias..
I suppose no one would have read a story titled "Minor (If we really stretch medium)" security holes found in bank apps.
Sharing music is obviously a danger to all of us and if we don't stop these pirates, people will continued to be slaughtered off the coast of Africa...
It was considerably more stable than say 80-90 or 2000 to 2010, but it did still increase. The budget was technically balanced, but I do not believe the debt was fully serviced so the deficit increased (Interest was accumulated and added to the debt). The other poster who said it was a misnomer was accurate.
So the federal budget did not spend more money than it took in, but it also did not pay all the interest accumulating on the debt. The Clinton administration was also the only time since Carter that debt went down in relation to GDP.
The Worst period of growth for our National debt seems to be when the white house and both houses of congress are from the same party. Neither major politically party in the US has been fiscally responsible in my lifetime. The best we can hope for is gridlock to slow down the spending. (This was why the debt only went up by .4t in Clinton's second term.
George Bush combined with the 108th and 109th Republican congress were far and away the worst spenders in history. (Blame the war if you want, but you would be completely full of shit). It remains to be seen if Obama and the Democrats managed to outwaste our money in the past two years, I presume they did.
Anyone who supports either US political party and thinks they are doing a good job is an uninformed moron. Anyone who supports the Tea Party is an easily fooled, uninformed moron. There are no good choices in American politics, there are quite frankly no good people involved in American politics.
Whoever you are about to name in your response is incorrect, they are not a good person either.
Except all spending bills must originate and pass the house before going to the Senate..
From a government spending standpoint, bush is far left of Obama. Bush was only conservative concerning things that are no business of the government..
And what wil you do to make Grandma comfortable with installing all these applications? Keep in mind that Microsoft spent the last 20 years putting everyones systems at risk with inadequate security and now many (maybe even most) people only feel comfortable if they know someone is checking out all the programs they want to install.
No most /. people don't get it. It might not be the right world for GPL software to exist, but if the authors of GPLd software want access to the iOS market and the implicit trust the users have for software purchased in the App store, they are going to have to come up with a new license.
We can argue all day wither or not that trust is well placed, or in anyway benefical. THe fact is that it exists. Real end users have the most freedom with Apples app store, they can browse around and click on any stupid thing and install it and never worry about the bad things that will happen to them. (queue people linking articles they did not understand with headlines proclaiming problems with app store apps that do not really exist).
Actually since Apple owns like 95% of the legitimate online music market globally, your statement may be more accurate than you think (for music :))
Depends on your defintion of non-commercial. I paid no money or viewed no advertisements to download VLC from the appstore. How is it commercial?
It also gives them the right not to.
Thanks for dragging the Apache license into this :)
THat made sense to me , so it must be bed time.
I enjoyed your response. It was amusing to watch the GP claim to support "free" software and slam BSD at the same time. Knowledge is power, the more ingrained GPL becomes in the FOSS community , the more it will stifle innovation.
Indeed several developers on the VLC team do not see the issue at all. Many will ultimately stop developing on GPL licensed apps because they are not compatible with life in 2010. Ironically the FSF will kill free software development.
Indeed becaue the GPL is fundamentally flawed, unfortunately so many developers who did not know any better climbed on board.
No they aren't. Stop trying to play lawyer. They will take down the App as requested. If the VLC developers want to get together and sue the FSF so they can repost it they can. You saying Apple is "criminally liable" is frankly just silly.