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61. Apple security flaw could allow hackers to beat encryption

Sun Feb 23, 2014, 09:27 AM

Feb 2014

A major flaw in Apple Inc software for mobile devices could allow hackers to intercept email and other communications that are meant to be encrypted, the company said on Friday, and experts said Mac computers were even more exposed.

If attackers have access to a mobile user's network, such as by sharing the same unsecured wireless service offered by a restaurant, they could see or alter exchanges between the user and protected sites such as Gmail and Facebook. Governments with access to telecom carrier data could do the same.

"It's as bad as you could imagine, that's all I can say," said Johns Hopkins University cryptography professor Matthew Green.

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/technology/2014/02/apple-admits-products-vulnerable-to-hackers/

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Microsoft Said to Cut Windows Price 70% to Counter Rivals [View all] highplainsdem Feb 2014 OP

And it will still be overpriced.....Win 8 sucks. yourout Feb 2014 #1

It takes about 3 hours of tweaking and installing addons to make it work half right. hobbit709 Feb 2014 #2

Good luck getting rid of their SkyDrive crap jsr Feb 2014 #5

Try this. hobbit709 Feb 2014 #9

How about the SkyDrive Sync Engine? jsr Feb 2014 #15

Not on mine but then I never activated that crap to start with. hobbit709 Feb 2014 #16

What does the average bloke do to fix the thing. I wouldn't know a regedit if it loudsue Feb 2014 #33

I dated a reg edit. She was the editor for the university newspaper ChairmanAgnostic Feb 2014 #56

.... DeSwiss Feb 2014 #59

format c: usually works jmowreader Feb 2014 #60

Yup. n/t jtuck004 Feb 2014 #3

Still overpriced trash jsr Feb 2014 #4

wish Crepuscular Feb 2014 #6

Still needs a sign change. eppur_se_muova Feb 2014 #7

Bwahahaha true! CFLDem Feb 2014 #28

If they LOWERED the price by -70%, the cost would go up... Thor_MN Feb 2014 #36

If it sold for -70% of their competitor's price -- eppur_se_muova Feb 2014 #46

"Microsoft Said to Cut Windows Price 70%" Thor_MN Feb 2014 #47

Ubuntu is free. L0oniX Feb 2014 #8

Ubuntu pissed me off when they went to that Unity interface. hobbit709 Feb 2014 #11

Try Linux Mint and the Cinnamon desktop LuvLoogie Feb 2014 #19

I'm using Mint 16 X64 XFCE on one of my computers. hobbit709 Feb 2014 #21

I love Cinnamon 2.0 TroglodyteScholar Feb 2014 #58

You can still use Gnome sjdnb Feb 2014 #68

The last OS update from Apple was free and it does not suck. awake Feb 2014 #10

Unless you're a gamer. hobbit709 Feb 2014 #12

How is gaming on a mobile device using windows? awake Feb 2014 #13

Serious gaming not wasting time on Angry Birds. hobbit709 Feb 2014 #14

Some people enjoy playing Angry Birds awake Feb 2014 #18

some people game on a regular computer hobbit709 Feb 2014 #20

Do you use or need windows 8 to game on a PC? awake Feb 2014 #22

No, but my high end laptop came with it and was too much of a hassle to change OS hobbit709 Feb 2014 #24

I feel for you awake Feb 2014 #25

I find it kind of bizzarro world LiberalLovinLug Feb 2014 #44

Oh really? hobbit709 Feb 2014 #48

I have never worked at a place that used Macs. SolutionisSolidarity Feb 2014 #52

Apple security flaw could allow hackers to beat encryption IDemo Feb 2014 #61

Apple also included a massive bug in implementation of SSL. Thor_MN Feb 2014 #37

'To counter rivals'? No. To regenerate stalled sales of this odious OS. randome Feb 2014 #17

well put awake Feb 2014 #23

Oooohhh! So we can all buy the crummy Windows 8? AllyCat Feb 2014 #26

I gauge the success of an OS by the vitriol MyNameGoesHere Feb 2014 #27

I don't think Win 8 deserves as much hate as it gets, but the fact they refuse penultimate Feb 2014 #29

OMG MyNameGoesHere Feb 2014 #40

no Skittles Feb 2014 #41

That is exactly right, and it is more than that also. There are more clicks necessary to do things lostincalifornia Feb 2014 #43

"They were correct in removing it". That is why windows 8 isn't selling, because the leadership at lostincalifornia Feb 2014 #45

BS MyNameGoesHere Feb 2014 #65

I did not say apple did not have that attitude, and that is the problem, MSFT did the same thing. lostincalifornia Feb 2014 #66

I've missed it and so have the vast majority of consumers penultimate Feb 2014 #50

I don't know how much I can believe MyNameGoesHere Feb 2014 #64

Windows 8 must be really successful, then. Iggo Feb 2014 #32

The only problem with that metric is JoeyT Feb 2014 #35

The mind grieves. eom MyNameGoesHere Feb 2014 #39

They just don't get it, do they? It's 2007 all over again. PSPS Feb 2014 #30

Oh they get it all right Ratty Feb 2014 #34

I wouldn't want windows 8 if Microsoft paid me. LisaL Feb 2014 #31

So true. mimi85 Feb 2014 #51

The invisible hand of the market. JEFF9K Feb 2014 #38

Conveniently located in the bargain bin with K-Tel records and pet rocks 1000words Feb 2014 #42

Mocrosoft has been selling The Wizard Feb 2014 #49

I hope it dies so Gates has no money to fuck up public education anymore. yurbud Feb 2014 #53

:thumbsup: Agony Feb 2014 #57

Windows always felt like it was designed in former Soviet Union: the Trabant of operating systems yurbud Feb 2014 #54

Now it's Sybil, with multiple personalities that don't get along. ucrdem Feb 2014 #55

Alternate Releases Chris Diesel Feb 2014 #62

The problem with Win8 isn't the price, it's the lack of a touchscreen. Xithras Feb 2014 #63

You can smell desperation davidpdx Feb 2014 #67

The problem with Win 8 is that it is trying to hard sjdnb Feb 2014 #69