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Massive OSX and iOS security flaw yet again.. still unpatched.

Summerwind said:
Oh, yes, I shut down Firefox and VideoEditor and similar heavy users as soon as I'm done with them for the day, so I don't shut off the puter, but I do close most programs at the end of the day.




Nope, I just have it set so everything that wants to enter the internet has to ask permission, so if it's not Firefox or Email or a program I am currently running, it doesn't get permission. Even the Windows Support and such are all locked from going online without permission.
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Given the constant connection to the Internet that all the software is doing these days, I can only imagine this as being troublesome and intrusive, always 'yes you may'. But that's the 'P' in PC, isn't it? :)

Summerwind said:
No doubt.
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PeteEU said:
Am I blowing it out of proportions? Just because the Apple friendly media dont tell you about the security holes does not mean they are not there. This is a big hole, and the tech media and normal media are all but silent about it. Had this been Microsoft, then it would be everywhere. That hackers have the ability to put malware and spyware into legit apps in the Apple App store is very very worrying.
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I'll tell you if my Ipad has a violent crash ;)

So far, nothing.
 
eohrnberger said:
Given the constant connection to the Internet that all the software is doing these days, I can only imagine this as being troublesome and intrusive, always 'yes you may'. But that's the 'P' in PC, isn't it? :)
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I'm online quite a bit, but my regular romps are limited to a few news sites, here, ...and some sites to watch tv, wherein there are upwards of twenty sites asking for script permissions but I only allow the one that actually runs the video. When I am researching something, then I tend to allow entire pages temporarily. Closing FF is the most assured way of revoking all temporary permissions. If I've been shopping or researching, I'll close FF and then reopen it, just to be sure. Only takes a sec, it's not like it takes any time at all to open, at least not on this machine. The last one, a pc with winXP, there near the end, FF was getting too heavy for it and it took a minute or two to open. Nowadays if a program is slow to open, it's because it's trying to go online to tattle on me, or collect new ads to display, check for updates, and so on... my firewall is saying no no no, and the program slows til it's attempt timer runs out, usually about minute to a minute and a half. If I green light the firewall, they open right quick.
 
Luftwaffe said:
I'll tell you if my Ipad has a violent crash ;)

So far, nothing.
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Of course not, you dont notice when an iPad app crashes.. cause it does not tell you it has crashed. And iOS has plenty of problems with crashes and stuff not working.
 
Summerwind said:
I'm online quite a bit, but my regular romps are limited to a few news sites, here, ...and some sites to watch tv, wherein there are upwards of twenty sites asking for script permissions but I only allow the one that actually runs the video. When I am researching something, then I tend to allow entire pages temporarily. Closing FF is the most assured way of revoking all temporary permissions. If I've been shopping or researching, I'll close FF and then reopen it, just to be sure. Only takes a sec, it's not like it takes any time at all to open, at least not on this machine. The last one, a pc with winXP, there near the end, FF was getting too heavy for it and it took a minute or two to open. Nowadays if a program is slow to open, it's because it's trying to go online to tattle on me, or collect new ads to display, check for updates, and so on... my firewall is saying no no no, and the program slows til it's attempt timer runs out, usually about minute to a minute and a half. If I green light the firewall, they open right quick.
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Refreshing to run into someone who knows what's going on. :)

Yeah, well, I'm kinda stuck on XP for right now. I depend far too much on my Porsche PET (Parts Electronic catalog) app, which depends on an OCX, which doesn't work in Win 7. These days, it's really not that big of a deal as it's pretty much relegated to Email and web browsing, and maybe an occasional office app. But yea, I leave FF open all the time, 'cause it's all I do with it, and takes like 3 minutes to open up.
 
eohrnberger said:
Refreshing to run into someone who knows what's going on. :) Yeah, well, I'm kinda stuck on XP for right now. I depend far too much on my Porsche PET (Parts Electronic catalog) app, which depends on an OCX, which doesn't work in Win 7. These days, it's really not that big of a deal as it's pretty much relegated to Email and web browsing, and maybe an occasional office app. But yea, I leave FF open all the time, 'cause it's all I do with it, and takes like 3 minutes to open up.
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I've been on computers since they were the size of file cabinets and the software was created and tweaked by the company that made the computer. I started on a .... Rockwell, hmmm maybe it was Honeywell, with accounting software that the accountants at said CPA firm refused to use. I was hired to learn it, document it in accountant's language not geek speak, and then teach and enter and archive their previous 10 years of business. So I had to learn minor programming because back then report writers had to be controlled through a language called JCL, and had tons of contact with programmers to provide program tweaks to help the accountants have more confidence that what was being entered was doing more than simply printing out in reports, though they also wanted tons of those all the time. 1976, a fabulous year.
 
Summerwind said:
I've been on computers since they were the size of file cabinets and the software was created and tweaked by the company that made the computer. I started on a .... Rockwell, hmmm maybe it was Honeywell, with accounting software that the accountants at said CPA firm refused to use. I was hired to learn it, document it in accountant's language not geek speak, and then teach and enter and archive their previous 10 years of business. So I had to learn minor programming because back then report writers had to be controlled through a language called JCL, and had tons of contact with programmers to provide program tweaks to help the accountants have more confidence that what was being entered was doing more than simply printing out in reports, though they also wanted tons of those all the time. 1976, a fabulous year.
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Yeah, worked on DTSS and Mulics, both on Honeywell hardware which was right around the time core memory was phased out. Man, we'd be showing our age now! :)
 
I got introduced to programming...a long time ago...on the IBM 360. Learned FORTRAN, RPG II, COBOL and machine language.

I never did anything professionally with that stuff, but it sure did set me on the right path toward looking at computers and such from a logical point of view.
 
This is still unpatched in the new iOS... classy Apple.. classy.
 
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