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Massive security flaw in iOS and OSX products

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Apple security flaw could allow hackers to beat encryption | Reuters

Apple's OS X security hole affects slew of apps, researcher claims | Digital Trends

This story broke a few days ago but the media have been ignoring it pretty much. This effects all of Apples products and is a massive hole that has been in their operating systems (iOS and OSX) since 2011-12. Some think it is linked to the NSA where as others think the timing of when the so called bug appeared is just a coincidence.

It basically makes it damn easy to read your electronic traffic... anything that uses SSL... and that is a lot, including banking, facebook and so on.

Apple patched iOS 7 and 6 late last week with a sudden update that came out of the blue, but OSX has as of Monday still not been patched so it is still open.

If you have an iPhone or iPad.. update!

If you have a Mac... dont connect to wifi networks that you dont control. Dont use Safari.. install Chrome or Firefox as they are unaffected.

And spam Apple for an update since they are damn slow as usual and it is disgusting that this flaw has been in their products for years. No wonder the NSA found it so easy to hack Apple products.. Apple built in a backdoor for them! :)
 
PeteEU said:
Apple security flaw could allow hackers to beat encryption | Reuters

Apple's OS X security hole affects slew of apps, researcher claims | Digital Trends

This story broke a few days ago but the media have been ignoring it pretty much. This effects all of Apples products and is a massive hole that has been in their operating systems (iOS and OSX) since 2011-12. Some think it is linked to the NSA where as others think the timing of when the so called bug appeared is just a coincidence.

It basically makes it damn easy to read your electronic traffic... anything that uses SSL... and that is a lot, including banking, facebook and so on.

Apple patched iOS 7 and 6 late last week with a sudden update that came out of the blue, but OSX has as of Monday still not been patched so it is still open.

If you have an iPhone or iPad.. update!

If you have a Mac... dont connect to wifi networks that you dont control. Dont use Safari.. install Chrome or Firefox as they are unaffected.

And spam Apple for an update since they are damn slow as usual and it is disgusting that this flaw has been in their products for years. No wonder the NSA found it so easy to hack Apple products.. Apple built in a backdoor for them! :)
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Just don't use inferior apple products. Problem Solved.
 
PeteEU said:
Apple security flaw could allow hackers to beat encryption | Reuters

Apple's OS X security hole affects slew of apps, researcher claims | Digital Trends

This story broke a few days ago but the media have been ignoring it pretty much. This effects all of Apples products and is a massive hole that has been in their operating systems (iOS and OSX) since 2011-12. Some think it is linked to the NSA where as others think the timing of when the so called bug appeared is just a coincidence.

It basically makes it damn easy to read your electronic traffic... anything that uses SSL... and that is a lot, including banking, facebook and so on.

Apple patched iOS 7 and 6 late last week with a sudden update that came out of the blue, but OSX has as of Monday still not been patched so it is still open.

If you have an iPhone or iPad.. update!

If you have a Mac... dont connect to wifi networks that you dont control. Dont use Safari.. install Chrome or Firefox as they are unaffected.

And spam Apple for an update since they are damn slow as usual and it is disgusting that this flaw has been in their products for years. No wonder the NSA found it so easy to hack Apple products.. Apple built in a backdoor for them! :)
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no surprise apple has been pretty lazy at fixing security flaws,while windows has put alot of effort into it(they should its the most targeted os)even linux adresses security flaws frequently as they are found.


whats bad is osx is based on freebsd,which is based off bsd 4.4,which makes linux look like windows 98 in terms of security.how apply took one of the most secure operating systems ever produced and ended up with one of the most vulnerable is beyong me.
 
obvious Child said:
Well, outside of iPods. The alternatives in MP3 players is appalling.
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Not really, iPods are horrible as well and why use an MP3 player when your phone can do the job?

The only good thing about iPods was there integration to iTunes and the ability to buy music.. at a premium of course, but it was relatively easy. No other system had both the content plus player combined into one package....

And then again there was Zune, which was a far superior system than the iPod and iTunes... but sadly Microsoft never pushed the system outside the US so it never gained popularity.

Just think if Amazon had an MP3 player in the same way as it has the Kindle?
 
Oh and btw, there is a new massive security flaw in iOS and OSX.. and this one is a bad one compared to the above.. it is located in the Kernel of the operating systems and is not easy to fix.
 
PeteEU said:
Apple security flaw could allow hackers to beat encryption | Reuters

Apple's OS X security hole affects slew of apps, researcher claims | Digital Trends

This story broke a few days ago but the media have been ignoring it pretty much. This effects all of Apples products and is a massive hole that has been in their operating systems (iOS and OSX) since 2011-12. Some think it is linked to the NSA where as others think the timing of when the so called bug appeared is just a coincidence.

It basically makes it damn easy to read your electronic traffic... anything that uses SSL... and that is a lot, including banking, facebook and so on.

Apple patched iOS 7 and 6 late last week with a sudden update that came out of the blue, but OSX has as of Monday still not been patched so it is still open.

If you have an iPhone or iPad.. update!

If you have a Mac... dont connect to wifi networks that you dont control. Dont use Safari.. install Chrome or Firefox as they are unaffected.

And spam Apple for an update since they are damn slow as usual and it is disgusting that this flaw has been in their products for years. No wonder the NSA found it so easy to hack Apple products.. Apple built in a backdoor for them! :)
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How can you know this?
 
American said:
How can you know this?
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Flaw put in around 28th September 2012 and NSA according to leaked information, put Apple devices on their snooping to do list on 1. October 2012. So either the NSA managed to find a massive hole in Apple products years before Apple did, or the hole was made for the NSA.
 
PeteEU said:
Flaw put in around 28th September 2012 and NSA according to leaked information, put Apple devices on their snooping to do list on 1. October 2012. So either the NSA managed to find a massive hole in Apple products years before Apple did, or the hole was made for the NSA.
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Wouldn't the hole also be made for everyone else?
 
PeteEU said:
Not really, iPods are horrible as well and why use an MP3 player when your phone can do the job?
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Using your phone as an MP3 player ensures far higher power loss. Most people already have issued with their phones going a whole day. Using it as an mp3 player isn't going to help that.

The only good thing about iPods was there integration to iTunes and the ability to buy music.. at a premium of course, but it was relatively easy. No other system had both the content plus player combined into one package....

And then again there was Zune, which was a far superior system than the iPod and iTunes... but sadly Microsoft never pushed the system outside the US so it never gained popularity.

Just think if Amazon had an MP3 player in the same way as it has the Kindle?
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I haven't found an alternative that is as seamless and efficient as the iPod. That's pretty much the only thing I'd buy from Apple these days.
 
obvious Child said:
Using your phone as an MP3 player ensures far higher power loss. Most people already have issued with their phones going a whole day. Using it as an mp3 player isn't going to help that.
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Not really, what is draining the power is the 3g and wifi connection, plus of course the screen. Turn those off and you can easily last a few days. Plus most high end phones with the exception of the iPhone, can easily last a day on battery even with relatively heavy use. Moderate use on Android phones with sensible battery management can easily push that to 2 days.

I haven't found an alternative that is as seamless and efficient as the iPod. That's pretty much the only thing I'd buy from Apple these days.
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While I dont disagree, I will point some issues. The seamless and efficient ways comes at a price. Not only is the iPod expensive, but the songs bought on the iTunes store are also expensive relative to rivals. Add to that, that you need iTunes to run on your PC to make it especially effective, and then you run into massive problems if you are on a Windows PC... because iTunes is a horrible piece of crap program full of bugs and malware.

However have you tried buying MP3s on Amazon? They have an app for it, and it is pretty simple....
 
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