So much for the myth of Apple products being "hack proof".

http://www.webpronews.com/apple-security-flaw-is-as-bad-as-you-could-imagine-2014-02

On 2/23/14, 8:30 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
So much for the myth of Apple products being "hack proof".

http://www.webpronews.com/apple-security-flaw-is-as-bad-as-you-could-imagine-2014-02




I'm not aware of any legitimate contemporaneous expert claiming that
Apple products are hack proof. I remember reading a couple of years ago
that some Apple computers at Apple itself were hacked by outsiders.

On 2/23/2014 8:42 PM, F*O*A*D wrote:
On 2/23/14, 8:30 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
So much for the myth of Apple products being "hack proof".

http://www.webpronews.com/apple-security-flaw-is-as-bad-as-you-could-imagine-2014-02





I'm not aware of any legitimate contemporaneous expert claiming that
Apple products are hack proof. I remember reading a couple of years ago
that some Apple computers at Apple itself were hacked by outsiders.


Note that I used the word "myth". Some Apple lovers still think their
devices or computers are "hack proof" (like my daughter).

I am in the process of updated my iPad with the patch as I type (on a
Windows machine) :-)

What is more interesting is this comment:

"The patch has only been issued for the more recent iPhones (4 and
later), iPod touch (5th generation) and iPad (2nd generation).

Security researchers across several communities believe that Mac
computers are even more exposed, as they are currently left hanging
without a patch."

source:

http://www.zdnet.com/major-apple-security-flaw-patch-issued-users-open-to-mitm-attacks-7000026624/

On 2/23/2014 8:42 PM, F*O*A*D wrote:
On 2/23/14, 8:30 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
So much for the myth of Apple products being "hack proof".

http://www.webpronews.com/apple-security-flaw-is-as-bad-as-you-could-imagine-2014-02





I'm not aware of any legitimate contemporaneous expert claiming that
Apple products are hack proof. I remember reading a couple of years ago
that some Apple computers at Apple itself were hacked by outsiders.


Speaking of the Macs:

I've been slowly customizing how my iMac runs and displays to my liking.
The Mavericks manual you provided has been very helpful.

This evening my daughter was at the house and we were looking up
something on the 'net using Mrs.E's iMac. I haven't paid much
attention to her iMAC since she got it, concentrating more on mine.

What a difference! Her's was driving me crazy until I realized it's
still completely stock, like from the factory. I need to spend some
time on hers now, updating, installing a few things and customizing how
certain things work .... even as simple as the mouse. We are both so
used to right clicking for a lot of functions and, as set up, there
isn't a "right click" on hers right now. (I changed mine.)

Simple little things but they help, especially when you are very
accustom to Windows.

On 2/23/14, 8:53 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 2/23/2014 8:42 PM, F*O*A*D wrote:
On 2/23/14, 8:30 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
So much for the myth of Apple products being "hack proof".

http://www.webpronews.com/apple-security-flaw-is-as-bad-as-you-could-imagine-2014-02






I'm not aware of any legitimate contemporaneous expert claiming that
Apple products are hack proof. I remember reading a couple of years ago
that some Apple computers at Apple itself were hacked by outsiders.


Note that I used the word "myth". Some Apple lovers still think their
devices or computers are "hack proof" (like my daughter).

I am in the process of updated my iPad with the patch as I type (on a
Windows machine) :-)

What is more interesting is this comment:

"The patch has only been issued for the more recent iPhones (4 and
later), iPod touch (5th generation) and iPad (2nd generation).

Security researchers across several communities believe that Mac
computers are even more exposed, as they are currently left hanging
without a patch."

source:

http://www.zdnet.com/major-apple-security-flaw-patch-issued-users-open-to-mitm-attacks-7000026624/




I suspect the patch for OS X will be out very shortly.

On 2/23/14, 9:12 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 2/23/2014 8:42 PM, F*O*A*D wrote:
On 2/23/14, 8:30 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
So much for the myth of Apple products being "hack proof".

http://www.webpronews.com/apple-security-flaw-is-as-bad-as-you-could-imagine-2014-02






I'm not aware of any legitimate contemporaneous expert claiming that
Apple products are hack proof. I remember reading a couple of years ago
that some Apple computers at Apple itself were hacked by outsiders.


Speaking of the Macs:

I've been slowly customizing how my iMac runs and displays to my liking.
The Mavericks manual you provided has been very helpful.

This evening my daughter was at the house and we were looking up
something on the 'net using Mrs.E's iMac. I haven't paid much
attention to her iMAC since she got it, concentrating more on mine.

What a difference! Her's was driving me crazy until I realized it's
still completely stock, like from the factory. I need to spend some
time on hers now, updating, installing a few things and customizing how
certain things work .... even as simple as the mouse. We are both so
used to right clicking for a lot of functions and, as set up, there
isn't a "right click" on hers right now. (I changed mine.)

Simple little things but they help, especially when you are very
accustom to Windows.



You might want to look at Path Finder as a substitute for Finder. I've
been using Path Finder for years now. More features than Finder, easier
to customize.