Talk about "witless trolls" has no part in a serious discussion. A symptom of someone who knows they are wrong, I'm afraid. New security vulnarabilites are always of concern, no matter whose equipment they apply to.

I must admit that I had overlooked the vector that Pipex mentions (charging away from base); it's a more serious vulnarability than I at first thought. Hopefully Apple will address it quickly.

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Hopefully Apple will address it quickly.

Possible, but not probable imo.

They've just released OS X 10.8.4 (looks like a bug fix release), and Apple don't seem to like admitting to unfixed bugs too frequently

It always amuses me that a common complaint about Microsoft software is that "there are so many updates". People should try a really secure OS, like BSD, if they want to see frequent updates.

Expensive hardware, indeed. What hacker could afford $45 for a BeagleBoard?

I don't mind frequent updates as long as they don't require a re-boot¹, but security updates almost invariably do


¹ A purely personal aversion with no real logic behind it

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I don't mind frequent updates as long as they don't require a re-boot¹, but security updates almost invariably do


¹ A purely personal aversion with no real logic behind it

Ah - you go back to the days when the reboot after an update was a truly heart stopping event Something we all hung back on till someone else had done it and survived

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... when the reboot after an update was a truly heart stopping event

Yes- especially those which performed a double re-start

Apple is the least picked on company out there!

A statement only someone who does not bother reading the press could possibly make.

A non-story from the people who brought us pose2own for the purpose of gaining coverage mentions Apple to ensure coverage.

Talk about "witless trolls" has no part in a serious discussion.

Then engage in one.

You track record speaks for itself.

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In reply to a post by AEP:

Hopefully Apple will address it quickly.

Possible, but not probable imo.

They've just released OS X 10.8.4 (looks like a bug fix release), and Apple don't seem to like admitting to unfixed bugs too frequently

Since Around Panther the only update that has caused problems was Leopard and that, it turned out, because companies like Logitech were using haxies in direct contravention of Apple's programming guidelines (for which Apple inevitably got the short end of the stick - I remember giles, late of this parish, demanding that Apple test every conceivable combination of hardware and software before release).