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Many of Apple's flaws are not in its operating system, Mac OS X, but rather in software like Safari, QuickTime, and iTunes.
by antidaily 16y ago
Many of Apple's flaws are not in its operating system, Mac OS X, but rather in software like Safari, QuickTime, and iTunes.
- NathanKP 16y agoHence the title of the article says "software" insecurity. Problems with security of the OS and problems with security of the software running on the OS both have the same end effect: they make the system vulnerable.
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- pixelbath 16y ago"...a growing trend in the world of security flaws: the role of third-party software. Many of Apple's flaws are not in its operating system, Mac OS X, but rather in software like Safari, QuickTime, and iTunes." How are any of those third-party? They are all sold by Apple. Just because they also happen to run in Windows doesn't make them third-party.
- evilduck 16y agoNitpicking out of context? Sensationalist headline? I assume you and everyone who voted you up didn't actually read the study. What Secunia did study was described as "In the first part of the report we look at the global picture covering all vulnerabilities in all products, followed by the analysis of vulnerabilities affecting the products and the operating system found on typical end-users PCs." And all their graphs are limited to XP, Vista and 7. So...probably limited to Windows. And they also define 3rd-party software for you as non-Microsoft vendors in the sidebar of page 9. So yeah, everything by Apple is 3rd party software in the context of the study cited.