anonymo March 28, 2008 Share anonymo Member March 28, 2008 Haven't harassed you Mac fans lately...so here you go...enjoy your security flaws http://security.itworld.com/5013/mac-hacke...327/page_1.html Yes I read the article...it's just some friendly harassment...don't get you kernels in a knot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stutters March 28, 2008 Share stutters GC Alumni March 28, 2008 windows was actually the first to get near hacked, but it kept crashing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymo March 28, 2008 Author Share anonymo Member March 28, 2008 windows was actually the first to get near hacked, but it kept crashing. I'm pretty sure they're called "features" not "hacks" in Windows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Playaa March 28, 2008 Share Playaa Member March 28, 2008 By late Thursday, Apple engineers were already working on patching the issue, said Aaron Portnoy, a TippingPoint researcher who is one of the contest's judges. There's the difference in our two worlds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoot March 28, 2008 Share shoot Member March 28, 2008 Yeah! What Playaa said! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwEEziL March 28, 2008 Share dwEEziL Member March 28, 2008 Just you wait. I love it when someone starts talking about how much more insecure Windows is over another OS. I'm not a Windows fanboy by any means, just have more of my experience on it. I do though have a lot of experience with the security swing as I've been in IT security for 11 years now. The major reason that Windows gets most of the press is it's market share. I've always used the illustration that, if you have a parking lot filled with 100 cars, 85 being blue, 10 being red, and 5 being yellow, if you randomly throw a rock into the parking lot, the odds are in favor of you hitting a blue car (i.e., Microsoft). I've seen my share of the "mainstream" OS' (Windows, Mac, and Linux) vulnerabilities coming out and, with the exception of Mac OS X (because it is still a relatively new OS and not many hackers have targeted it yet), the number of vulnerabilities are comparable. Now what Playaa said is absolutely true. Microsoft's turnaround time is horrible in regards to it's vuln patching. If they can do something about this, they can easily quite all the naysayers out there. But until they do, they have to rely on ease of use and ui familiarity to win over the majority (which, for the record, it is still continuing to do). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoot March 28, 2008 Share shoot Member March 28, 2008 Very true No OS or NO technology is hack proof. If it can be made, it can be unmade or disassembled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cujo March 28, 2008 Share Cujo Member March 28, 2008 their turn around time is also likely related to market share... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeroDamage March 28, 2008 Share ZeroDamage Member March 28, 2008 What I find amusing is how it is typically 3rd party apps that are the cause of the Linux OS being hacked and not usually the OS itself. Microsoft and Apple should both stop making web browsers and just stick to the OS stuff. They both fail miserably. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cujo March 28, 2008 Share Cujo Member March 28, 2008 http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/new...-patches-patchy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stutters March 28, 2008 Share stutters GC Alumni March 28, 2008 Microsoft and Apple should both stop making web browsers and just stick to the OS stuff. They both fail miserably.sry pal, but opera > safari > firefox (2+3) > ie (6,7,8). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeroDamage March 28, 2008 Share ZeroDamage Member March 28, 2008 When Opera and Safari (i had to swallow my own vomit speaking the name of that horrid browser) get plugin support such as Adblock Plus and noscript, I will consider them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoot March 28, 2008 Share shoot Member March 28, 2008 When Opera and Safari (i had to swallow my own vomit speaking the name of that horrid browser) get plugin support such as Adblock Plus and noscript, I will consider them. Yuk! Just spit it out. My lunch is not sitting well now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stutters March 28, 2008 Share stutters GC Alumni March 28, 2008 safari has adblock support. on personal preference, i don't care for the opera gui so i stay away from it, even though it loads faster than anything and renders according to specs. ironically, plugin support is what kills firefox, but hey, to each their own. enjoy your vomit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwEEziL March 28, 2008 Share dwEEziL Member March 28, 2008 Mmmmm, vomit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoot March 28, 2008 Share shoot Member March 28, 2008 safari has adblock support. on personal preference, i don't care for the opera gui so i stay away from it, even though it loads faster than anything and renders according to specs. ironically, plugin support is what kills firefox, but hey, to each their own. enjoy your vomit. Technically, he has enjoyed his vomit until it came out... Wait, is vomit "food" in your stomach before it comes out? At what stage does it turn in to vomit? Trying to figure out what Safari does to cause this reaction. I like Firefox's plug-ins, although it makes it slower. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stutters March 28, 2008 Share stutters GC Alumni March 28, 2008 actually now that i'm in linux, i see what you like FF. FF on windows is a few step backwards, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeroDamage March 28, 2008 Share ZeroDamage Member March 28, 2008 Using Safari is like playing with the weird albino kid down the street. His mom is kind of hot but damn is he weird with his bug eating and everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoot March 28, 2008 Share shoot Member March 28, 2008 Using Safari is like playing with the weird albino kid down the street. His mom is kind of hot but damn is he weird with his bug eating and everything. Huh!!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwEEziL March 28, 2008 Share dwEEziL Member March 28, 2008 shoot, it's best to just nod and smile. When he starts rambling, there's no use in talking to him. /me turns to zd, smiles, and nods Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cujo March 29, 2008 Share Cujo Member March 29, 2008 Using Safari is like playing with the weird albino kid down the street. His mom is kind of hot but damn is he weird with his bug eating and everything. sounds like personal experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeroDamage March 30, 2008 Share ZeroDamage Member March 30, 2008 (edited) Linux Wins! Was not hacked at all. Muahahahaha. http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,143962-pg,1/article.html Earlier, Miller said that he chose to hack the Mac because he thought it would be easiest target. Vista hacker Macaulay didn't dispute that assertion: "I think it might be," he said. Edited March 30, 2008 by ZeroDamage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Preacher March 30, 2008 Share Preacher Member March 30, 2008 So do you still have to use a ton of sunscreen ZD or do you just come out at night? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymo March 31, 2008 Author Share anonymo Member March 31, 2008 FRUIT-THEMED toymaker, Apple Wow...could anyone ever sum up the computer industry better? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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