Hack-A-Mac, macOS High Sierra security vulnerability discovered

On 2017-12-03 21:25:09 +0000, Peter Köhlmann said:
Your Name wrote:
On 2017-12-03 15:54:52 +0000, Harry Newton said:
On Wed, 29 Nov 2017 17:29:37 -0500, Doomsdrzej wrote:

Read: MACOS UPDATE ACCIDENTALLY UNDOES APPLE'S "ROOT" BUG PATCH
https://www.wired.com/story/macos-up...oot-bug-patch/

"Apple's patch is ... nearly as buggy as the code it was designed to
fix"

Read: Apple's had a shockingly bad week of software problems
https://www.theverge.com/2017/12/2/16727238/apple-macos-ios-software-problems-updates


"It's [yet another] shoddy example of Apple ... not taking the time
to test it properly."

You do realise that these "bugs" actually affect an extremely miniscule
number of Apple users??

Do you realize that you are way too stupid to understand the links?

That "miniscule number" is basically most of apple users runing that OS
version

The Root Bug problem is technically in every Mac running High Sierra
(macOS 10.13 or 10.13.1) ... but due to the way a "hacker" has to
usitlise that bug to actually get into the computer, it realistically
affects extremely few users in the real world. Plus of course the fact
that NOBODY has actually reported having had any problem caused by the
bug.

The problem of *some* iOS devices crashing on a particular date also
apepars to affect only a small number of users on a certain combination
of particular device and iOS version.

Over-hyping by the media morons, scaremonger scumbags, and anti-Apple
know-nothings doesn't change the actual FACTS.

On 03 Dec 2017, Alan Baker posted some
news
On 2017-12-03 2:40 PM, Anonymous wrote:
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Alan Baker wrote:

On 2017-12-01 2:34 PM, Anonymous wrote:
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nospam wrote:

In article ,
Doomsdrzej wrote:


I pointed out in the post that you're quoting that it isn't up to
my parents to remedy a problem that Apple created. They asked my
parents to pay top dollar for Mac Mini and then offered
performance that was a fraction of what Windows offered on the
same hardware.

nonsense.

prices are similar for similar configurations, often less
expensive.

Disagree.

I can buy a decent 15.6" brand new laptop for less than $400.

Show us one...

Here you go.

https://memegenerator.net/img/instan...26/too-stupid-
to-use-google-uses-facebook-and-have-others-google-instead.jpg

So you couldn't actually do it.

OK.

I could be wrong but I believe the OP is calling you stupid.

On 2017-12-03 7:01 PM, santos wrote:
On 03 Dec 2017, Alan Baker posted some
news
On 2017-12-03 2:40 PM, Anonymous wrote:
In article
Alan Baker wrote:

On 2017-12-01 2:34 PM, Anonymous wrote:
In article
nospam wrote:

In article ,
Doomsdrzej wrote:


I pointed out in the post that you're quoting that it isn't up to
my parents to remedy a problem that Apple created. They asked my
parents to pay top dollar for Mac Mini and then offered
performance that was a fraction of what Windows offered on the
same hardware.

nonsense.

prices are similar for similar configurations, often less
expensive.

Disagree.

I can buy a decent 15.6" brand new laptop for less than $400.

Show us one...

Here you go.

https://memegenerator.net/img/instan...26/too-stupid-
to-use-google-uses-facebook-and-have-others-google-instead.jpg

So you couldn't actually do it.

OK.

I could be wrong but I believe the OP is calling you stupid.


He can CALL me anything he wants...

....but when it's a substitute for actually supporting one's arguments,
it's pretty obvious.

In article
Alan Baker wrote:

On 2017-12-03 2:40 PM, Anonymous wrote:
In article
Alan Baker wrote:

On 2017-12-01 2:34 PM, Anonymous wrote:
In article
nospam wrote:

In article , Doomsdrzej
wrote:


I pointed out in the post that you're quoting that it isn't up to my
parents to remedy a problem that Apple created. They asked my parents
to pay top dollar for Mac Mini and then offered performance that was a
fraction of what Windows offered on the same hardware.

nonsense.

prices are similar for similar configurations, often less expensive.

Disagree.

I can buy a decent 15.6" brand new laptop for less than $400.

Show us one...

Here you go.

https://memegenerator.net/img/instan...26/too-stupid-
to-use-google-uses-facebook-and-have-others-google-instead.jpg

So you couldn't actually do it.

OK.

Are you really that obtuse, Alan? Please don't breed, and if
you have - hunt it down and kill it.

Here you go, $399.99.

http://www.microcenter.com/product/4...ire_3_A315-51-
580N_156_Laptop_Computer_-_Black

Get a boyfriend.

On 2017-12-03 10:18 PM, Anonymous wrote:
In article
Alan Baker wrote:

On 2017-12-03 2:40 PM, Anonymous wrote:
In article
Alan Baker wrote:

On 2017-12-01 2:34 PM, Anonymous wrote:
In article
nospam wrote:

In article , Doomsdrzej
wrote:


I pointed out in the post that you're quoting that it isn't up to my
parents to remedy a problem that Apple created. They asked my parents
to pay top dollar for Mac Mini and then offered performance that was a
fraction of what Windows offered on the same hardware.

nonsense.

prices are similar for similar configurations, often less expensive.

Disagree.

I can buy a decent 15.6" brand new laptop for less than $400.

Show us one...

Here you go.

https://memegenerator.net/img/instan...26/too-stupid-
to-use-google-uses-facebook-and-have-others-google-instead.jpg

So you couldn't actually do it.

OK.

Are you really that obtuse, Alan? Please don't breed, and if
you have - hunt it down and kill it.

Here you go, $399.99.

http://www.microcenter.com/product/4...ire_3_A315-51-
580N_156_Laptop_Computer_-_Black

Get a boyfriend.


What a piece of crap.

You wouldn't actually want to OWN one of those, would you?

:-)

On Sun, 3 Dec 2017 23:53:32 -0800, Alan Baker
wrote:

On 2017-12-03 10:18 PM, Anonymous wrote:
In article
Alan Baker wrote:

On 2017-12-03 2:40 PM, Anonymous wrote:
In article
Alan Baker wrote:

On 2017-12-01 2:34 PM, Anonymous wrote:
In article
nospam wrote:

In article , Doomsdrzej
wrote:


I pointed out in the post that you're quoting that it isn't up to my
parents to remedy a problem that Apple created. They asked my parents
to pay top dollar for Mac Mini and then offered performance that was a
fraction of what Windows offered on the same hardware.

nonsense.

prices are similar for similar configurations, often less expensive.

Disagree.

I can buy a decent 15.6" brand new laptop for less than $400.

Show us one...

Here you go.

https://memegenerator.net/img/instan...26/too-stupid-
to-use-google-uses-facebook-and-have-others-google-instead.jpg

So you couldn't actually do it.

OK.

Are you really that obtuse, Alan? Please don't breed, and if
you have - hunt it down and kill it.

Here you go, $399.99.

http://www.microcenter.com/product/4...ire_3_A315-51-
580N_156_Laptop_Computer_-_Black

Get a boyfriend.


What a piece of crap.

You wouldn't actually want to OWN one of those, would you?

:-)

I say the exact same thing about ALL Apple products. The *exact* same
thing.

In article ,
Peter Köhlmann wrote:

Your Name wrote:

On 2017-12-03 15:54:52 +0000, Harry Newton said:
On Wed, 29 Nov 2017 17:29:37 -0500, Doomsdrzej wrote:

Read: MACOS UPDATE ACCIDENTALLY UNDOES APPLE'S "ROOT" BUG PATCH
https://www.wired.com/story/macos-up...oot-bug-patch/

"Apple's patch is ... nearly as buggy as the code it was designed to
fix"

Read: Apple's had a shockingly bad week of software problems
https://www.theverge.com/2017/12/2/1...software-probl
ems-updates


"It's [yet another] shoddy example of Apple ... not taking the time
to test it properly."

You do realise that these "bugs" actually affect an extremely miniscule
number of Apple users??

Do you realize that you are way too stupid to understand the links?

That "miniscule number" is basically most of apple users runing that OS
version

Really? For someone to take advantage of this bug, they'd need to get to
a login prompt on your Mac. For most people this means physical access
to the machine. To exploit it remotely you'd have to enable remote
login, which isn't on by default.

--
Barry Margolin,
Arlington, MA
*** PLEASE post questions in newsgroups, not directly to me ***

On Mon, 4 Dec 2017 06:18:51 +0000 (UTC), Anonymous
wrote:

In article
Alan Baker wrote:

On 2017-12-03 2:40 PM, Anonymous wrote:
In article
Alan Baker wrote:

On 2017-12-01 2:34 PM, Anonymous wrote:
In article
nospam wrote:

In article , Doomsdrzej
wrote:


I pointed out in the post that you're quoting that it isn't up to my
parents to remedy a problem that Apple created. They asked my parents
to pay top dollar for Mac Mini and then offered performance that was a
fraction of what Windows offered on the same hardware.

nonsense.

prices are similar for similar configurations, often less expensive.

Disagree.

I can buy a decent 15.6" brand new laptop for less than $400.

Show us one...

Here you go.

https://memegenerator.net/img/instan...26/too-stupid-
to-use-google-uses-facebook-and-have-others-google-instead.jpg

So you couldn't actually do it.

OK.

Are you really that obtuse, Alan? Please don't breed, and if
you have - hunt it down and kill it.

Here you go, $399.99.

http://www.microcenter.com/product/4...ire_3_A315-51-
580N_156_Laptop_Computer_-_Black

Get a boyfriend.

$400 for a Windows laptop with SSD no less while Apple can't figure
out how to sell you Chinese crap with soldered on parts for less than
$1k. That company targets hipster dufuses whose self-esteem depends
entirely on other hipster dufuses envying them for about 5 seconds for
having the latest Apple-branded ****box. They go to Starbucks to "use
the Internet there" even when they have it at home JUST in the hope
that some nerdy feminist might look in their direction.

Betas, pure betas.

On Sun, 3 Dec 2017 23:53:32 -0800, Alan Baker
wrote:

On 2017-12-03 10:18 PM, Anonymous wrote:
In article
Alan Baker wrote:

On 2017-12-03 2:40 PM, Anonymous wrote:
In article
Alan Baker wrote:

On 2017-12-01 2:34 PM, Anonymous wrote:
In article
nospam wrote:

In article , Doomsdrzej
wrote:


I pointed out in the post that you're quoting that it isn't up to my
parents to remedy a problem that Apple created. They asked my parents
to pay top dollar for Mac Mini and then offered performance that was a
fraction of what Windows offered on the same hardware.

nonsense.

prices are similar for similar configurations, often less expensive.

Disagree.

I can buy a decent 15.6" brand new laptop for less than $400.

Show us one...

Here you go.

https://memegenerator.net/img/instan...26/too-stupid-
to-use-google-uses-facebook-and-have-others-google-instead.jpg

So you couldn't actually do it.

OK.

Are you really that obtuse, Alan? Please don't breed, and if
you have - hunt it down and kill it.

Here you go, $399.99.

http://www.microcenter.com/product/4...ire_3_A315-51-
580N_156_Laptop_Computer_-_Black

Get a boyfriend.


What a piece of crap.

You wouldn't actually want to OWN one of those, would you?

:-)

We don't need the approval of feminists and beta males not to hang
oiurselves, Baked Anus.

On Mon, 04 Dec 2017 09:33:12 -0600, Roy Moore
wrote:

On Sun, 3 Dec 2017 23:53:32 -0800, Alan Baker
wrote:

On 2017-12-03 10:18 PM, Anonymous wrote:
In article
Alan Baker wrote:

On 2017-12-03 2:40 PM, Anonymous wrote:
In article
Alan Baker wrote:

On 2017-12-01 2:34 PM, Anonymous wrote:
In article
nospam wrote:

In article , Doomsdrzej
wrote:


I pointed out in the post that you're quoting that it isn't up to my
parents to remedy a problem that Apple created. They asked my parents
to pay top dollar for Mac Mini and then offered performance that was a
fraction of what Windows offered on the same hardware.

nonsense.

prices are similar for similar configurations, often less expensive.

Disagree.

I can buy a decent 15.6" brand new laptop for less than $400.

Show us one...

Here you go.

https://memegenerator.net/img/instan...26/too-stupid-
to-use-google-uses-facebook-and-have-others-google-instead.jpg

So you couldn't actually do it.

OK.

Are you really that obtuse, Alan? Please don't breed, and if
you have - hunt it down and kill it.

Here you go, $399.99.

http://www.microcenter.com/product/4...ire_3_A315-51-
580N_156_Laptop_Computer_-_Black

Get a boyfriend.


What a piece of crap.

You wouldn't actually want to OWN one of those, would you?

:-)

I say the exact same thing about ALL Apple products. The *exact* same
thing.

If Apple sold a paper bug with excrement in it and put their logo on
it, these idiots would line up around the block for a chance to buy it
for $2k.

On 2017-12-04 16:04:34 +0000, Barry Margolin said:
In article ,
Peter Köhlmann wrote:
Your Name wrote:
On 2017-12-03 15:54:52 +0000, Harry Newton said:
On Wed, 29 Nov 2017 17:29:37 -0500, Doomsdrzej wrote:

Read: MACOS UPDATE ACCIDENTALLY UNDOES APPLE'S "ROOT" BUG PATCH
https://www.wired.com/story/macos-up...oot-bug-patch/

"Apple's patch is ... nearly as buggy as the code it was designed to
fix"

Read: Apple's had a shockingly bad week of software problems
https://www.theverge.com/2017/12/2/1...software-probl
ems-updates

"It's [yet another] shoddy example of Apple ... not taking the time
to test it properly."

You do realise that these "bugs" actually affect an extremely miniscule
number of Apple users??

Do you realize that you are way too stupid to understand the links?

That "miniscule number" is basically most of apple users runing that OS
version

Really? For someone to take advantage of this bug, they'd need to get to
a login prompt on your Mac. For most people this means physical access
to the machine. To exploit it remotely you'd have to enable remote
login, which isn't on by default.

Please don't confuse the brainless anti-Apple know-nothings with actual
facts. ;-)

In article
santos wrote:

On 03 Dec 2017, Alan Baker posted some
news
On 2017-12-03 2:40 PM, Anonymous wrote:
In article
Alan Baker wrote:

On 2017-12-01 2:34 PM, Anonymous wrote:
In article
nospam wrote:

In article ,
Doomsdrzej wrote:


I pointed out in the post that you're quoting that it isn't up to
my parents to remedy a problem that Apple created. They asked my
parents to pay top dollar for Mac Mini and then offered
performance that was a fraction of what Windows offered on the
same hardware.

nonsense.

prices are similar for similar configurations, often less
expensive.

Disagree.

I can buy a decent 15.6" brand new laptop for less than $400.

Show us one...

Here you go.

https://memegenerator.net/img/instan...26/too-stupid-
to-use-google-uses-facebook-and-have-others-google-instead.jpg

So you couldn't actually do it.

OK.

I could be wrong but I believe the OP is calling you stupid.

lol