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  • Researchers Say 'Massive' MacOS Bug Was Exploited by Hackers

    From cris@cris@removespam.me.com to comp.sys.mac.system on Monday, April 26, 2021 20:44:01
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.system

    Researchers Say 'Massive' MacOS Bug Was Exploited by Hackers https://www.vice.com/en/article/wx5855/massive-mac-apple-security-bug-malware-hack

    Hackers were exploiting a serious bug in Apple's operating system, which allowed them to bypass most of the security mechanisms in MacOS.
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  • From Bob Campbell@none@none.none to comp.sys.mac.system on Tuesday, April 27, 2021 00:11:17
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.system

    On 4/26/21 7:14 PM, cris wrote:
    Researchers Say 'Massive' MacOS Bug Was Exploited by Hackers https://www.vice.com/en/article/wx5855/massive-mac-apple-security-bug-malware-hack

    Hackers were exploiting a serious bug in Apple's operating system, which allowed them to bypass most of the security mechanisms in MacOS.

    Whoopie. That's one.

    Meanwhile, hackers have been exploiting serious bugs in Windows for
    decades.

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  • From Your Name@YourName@YourISP.com to comp.sys.mac.system on Tuesday, April 27, 2021 17:01:38
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.system

    On 2021-04-27 04:11:17 +0000, Bob Campbell said:
    On 4/26/21 7:14 PM, cris wrote:
    Researchers Say 'Massive' MacOS Bug Was Exploited by Hackers
    https://www.vice.com/en/article/wx5855/massive-mac-apple-security-bug-malware-hack


    Hackers were exploiting a serious bug in Apple's operating system, which
    allowed them to bypass most of the security mechanisms in MacOS.

    Whoopie. That's one.

    Meanwhile, hackers have been exploiting serious bugs in Windows for decades.

    That's because Windoze is simply one massive piece of malware.

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  • From paul@nospam@nospam.invalid to comp.sys.mac.system on Tuesday, April 27, 2021 20:42:51
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.system

    Your Name wrote on 27.04.2021 07:01

    Meanwhile, hackers have been exploiting serious bugs in Windows for decades.

    That's because Windoze is simply one massive piece of malware.

    Windows sucks but Microsoft doesn't advertise they're safer than macOS.

    Apple does. Worse people like you BELIEVE whatever Apple tells you in ads.

    When Apple has these massive security holes it proves the ads are all lies.

    It proves everything you believe in - from Apple - is an advertising lie.
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  • From Alan Baker@notonyourlife@no.no.no.no to comp.sys.mac.system on Tuesday, April 27, 2021 12:34:31
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.system

    On 2021-04-27 11:42 a.m., paul wrote:
    Your Name wrote on 27.04.2021 07:01

    Meanwhile, hackers have been exploiting serious bugs in Windows for decades.

    That's because Windoze is simply one massive piece of malware.

    Windows sucks but Microsoft doesn't advertise they're safer than macOS.

    Apple does. Worse people like you BELIEVE whatever Apple tells you in ads.

    Really?

    Show me such an advertisement.


    When Apple has these massive security holes it proves the ads are all lies.

    No. One thing can be MORE safe than another without being completely safe.


    It proves everything you believe in - from Apple - is an advertising lie.


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  • From Barry Margolin@barmar@alum.mit.edu to comp.sys.mac.system on Saturday, May 01, 2021 11:25:24
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.system

    In article <s69lv1$14a1$1@gioia.aioe.org>, paul <nospam@nospam.invalid>
    wrote:

    Your Name wrote on 27.04.2021 07:01

    Meanwhile, hackers have been exploiting serious bugs in Windows for
    decades.

    That's because Windoze is simply one massive piece of malware.

    Windows sucks but Microsoft doesn't advertise they're safer than macOS.

    Apple does. Worse people like you BELIEVE whatever Apple tells you in ads.

    When Apple has these massive security holes it proves the ads are all lies.

    It proves everything you believe in - from Apple - is an advertising lie.

    Safer doesn't mean perfect -- nothing is.

    --
    Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu
    Arlington, MA
    *** PLEASE post questions in newsgroups, not directly to me ***
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  • From TimS@timstreater@greenbee.net to comp.sys.mac.system on Saturday, May 01, 2021 15:49:14
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.system

    On 27 Apr 2021 at 19:42:51 BST, paul <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote:

    Your Name wrote on 27.04.2021 07:01

    Meanwhile, hackers have been exploiting serious bugs in Windows for decades.

    That's because Windoze is simply one massive piece of malware.

    Windows sucks but Microsoft doesn't advertise they're safer than macOS.

    Apple does.

    And, given that macOS *is* safer than Windows, they're right to do so.

    --
    Tim


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  • From Your Name@YourName@YourISP.com to comp.sys.mac.system on Sunday, May 02, 2021 09:47:32
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.system

    On 2021-05-01 15:49:14 +0000, TimS said:
    On 27 Apr 2021 at 19:42:51 BST, paul <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote:
    Your Name wrote on 27.04.2021 07:01

    Meanwhile, hackers have been exploiting serious bugs in Windows for decades.

    That's because Windoze is simply one massive piece of malware.

    Windows sucks but Microsoft doesn't advertise they're safer than macOS.

    Apple does.

    And, given that macOS *is* safer than Windows, they're right to do so.

    Any program coded by a five year old is safer than Windoze!

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