And whilst we are talking about Apple security:
http://apple.slashdot.org/story/09/0...unity?from=rss
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"Apple missed a golden opportunity to lock down Snow Leopard when it again failed to implement fully a security technology that Microsoft perfected nearly three years ago in Windows Vista, noted Mac researcher Charlie Miller said today. Dubbed ASLR, for address space layout randomization, the technology randomly assigns data to memory to make it tougher for attackers to determine the location of critical operating system functions, and thus makes it harder for them to craft reliable exploits. 'Apple didn't change anything,' said Miller, of Independent Security Evaluators, the co-author of The Mac Hacker's Handbook, and winner of two consecutive 'Pwn2own' hacker contests. 'It's the exact same ASLR as in Leopard, which means it's not very good.'"
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Hmmm
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Agreed! But again who has the ear of whom in these matters.Lobbyists are the devil... |
Lobbyists tend to be industry-based rather than company-based. There is something about Apple and the way its marketed and PR is handled. You know its an evil company but everyone ends up liking it. I mean the term "fanboy" was banned on here solely because of the Apple fans. That's nto a coincidence.
The regulatory bodies really need to step up against them. For example the FCC aren't investigating allegations that Apple are denying apps that hurt AT&T's (their main benefactor) bottom line.
Apple are finally being investigated... but nothing to do with their products. They have agreements with other like-minded companies [cough]Google[/cough] not to hire their workers. Its considered an anti-trust matter and the US DOJ is investigating. Of course, nothing will come of it.