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Psyops
China is no victim, they are the perp doing the hacking
basroil
I think the much bigger issue is:
OSX was easily hacked, in contrast to what they always say!
2020hindsights
OSX wasn't hacked. Java was. Too many security holes. Which is why Apple block it from Safari. Ironic really.
basroil
2020hindsightsFeb. 20, 2013 - 11:34AM JST
It's the same thing actually, since Java is installed by Apple itself! They provided the programs in the first place (inside OSX), so in effect the OS was hacked because Java is part of the OS.
wtfjapan
hold on this is all lies, everybody knows hackers dont target Apple software because its unhackable, the Apple PR juggernaut will be out in force calming the fears of Apple geeks
LostinNagoya
It is a Java problem. Apple should get rid of it right now, like it did with Flash. I disabled Java in Safari preferences months ago and I don't use any soft that requires it to work.
basroil
LostinNagoyaFeb. 20, 2013 - 01:07PM JST
What's next, getting rid of HTML5 because of vulnerabilities there? Why not throw out PDF and TIFF support too? OSX is horribly broken by layers of garbage added in the name of "standards compliance"
viking68
Java is always being hacked.
2020hindsights
Actually it's generally blocked by Apple.
First of all, Apple didn't supply it, it is supplied by Oracle. Second, it isn't part of OS X. It is a plug-in in Safari.
basroil
2020hindsightsFeb. 20, 2013 - 03:30PM JST
No, only older versions are currently blacklisted, Java still perfectly useable as long as it's a fairly new version.
Apple's own technical support states that they automatically installed Java in all OS versions up to Lion, and after that any computers that had been upgraded still have it. And as Safari is part of the operating system (you can't uninstall it, at least not in the normal sense of uninstalling), that is a vulnerability of the OS itself, as Java was installed by OSX as stated before.
hoserfella
Basroil - with all due respect your last post was erroneous.....Completely.
nath
Catch the culprits and force them to use only Microsoft products for the rest of their lives.
basroil
hoserfellaFeb. 20, 2013 - 04:13PM JST
Your disrespect is duly noted, and your incorrect statement a blatant attack without backing:
https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/Java/Conceptual/Java14Development/00-Intro/JavaDevelopment.html
And I quote:
"OS X version 10.6 includes both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Java SE 6 out of the box. "
How I can be wrong despite it being on apple's page is beyond reason.
LostinNagoya
Tom DeMicke at Feb. 20, 2013 - 05:05PM JST
Lol. That would be a death sentence to them.
2020hindsights
basroil
Wrong. Apple blocked the latest Oracle version of Java because it had security problems. Fact.
Irrelevant. 10.6 is history and not relevant to this story.