Safari 3.1 For Windows Violates Its Own EULA, Vulnerable To Hacks 368
recoiledsnake writes "The new Safari 3.1 for Windows has been hit with two 'highly critical'(as rated by Secunia) vulnerabilities that can result in execution of arbitrary code. The first is due to an improper handling of the buffer for long filenames of files being downloaded, and the second can result in successful spoofing of websites and phishing. This comes close on the heels of criticism of Apple for offering Safari as a update for approximately 500 million users of iTunes on Windows by default, and reports of crashes. There are currently no patches or workarounds available except the advice to stay clear of 'untrusted' sites." Further, Wormfan writes "The latest version of Safari for Windows makes a mockery of end user licensing agreements by only allowing the installation of Safari for Windows on Apple labeled hardware, thereby excluding most Windows PCs." Update: 03/27 17:23 GMT by Z : Dave Schroeder writes with the note that the license has been updated to correct this mistake.
It has begun... (Score:4, Funny)
Acidity (Score:5, Funny)
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I wonder... (Score:5, Funny)
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Fine by me (Score:5, Funny)
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Switch? (Score:3, Funny)
Apple, these sort of tactics really are not necessary. Don't take the low road please...you can win it by going on the high way.
Profit? (Score:5, Funny)
Step 2: Sue non-Mac owning PC users for violating EULA
Step 3: ???
Yet more proof (Score:5, Funny)
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Nobody reads them (Score:4, Funny)
More likely, some tired programmer just copied the string resource across from another project without checking it.
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So, I think we can safely assume that they just forgot to change the same clause in the EULA for OS X also.
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Good god, man! We've got to get them back on Internet Explorer!
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Found 'em (Score:3, Funny)
- Stuck to the back glass of pickups
- Stuck to the back glass of poorly maintained econo-cars
- Stuck to teenage girls' bedroom/dorm doors
- Stuck to teenage girls' binders and backpacks
Good luck getting them back...
Re:It has begun... (Score:4, Funny)
Since my job was prepping the machines for install in the studio, I decided to pimp the studio people by putting an "Intel Inside" logo over the Apple logo; of course the machine was for the Mac zealot in the group who was super pissed that the logo was there and that he couldn't figure out how to remove it.
I caught hell for doing it, primarily because it took major surgery and a ton of time to put the stupid thing in there and I didn't get some other tasks accomplished.
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I went down to engineering and got one of the old metal Sun logos, the ones that used to be on the front of Sun-2 boxes, and put it over the logo of the laptop, fired it up in my office, and waited for the first victim to wander by. A while later, one of the senior software developers walked into my office to ask me something, and spied the laptop with the Sun logo and the screensaver running with the Sun logo on it. "How'd you get a Sparc laptop? I didn't think they were in production yet!" I have lots of friends
It didn't take long for the prank to be found out, but it sure was fun for a while...
Reminds me of the time that I got Wine running under A/UX (Apple's version of UNIX, SVR4 flavor) - I was working for Apple at the time, and it was fun to see people's faces when they'd come by and see the Windows logo on the screen on what was obviously a Mac, but that's a story for another time. Sure was a fair bit of work, but it worth the prank value...
Re:Hardly surprising (Score:2, Funny)
Yeah, but having that program poll the bus once every ten seconds or so is seriously infringing on the 4.8 BILLION operations a second that his computer is capable of doing. Do you realize just how much percentage-wise that is?!?!?
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Any EULA is basically saying:
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Good Lord! Apple has hacked Windows' security so it lets Apple software mod the Registry to determine which app starts when you double-click a URL?
They're more malicious than I could ever have imagined!!! Soon, all these machines will be filled with all the spyware, viruses, trojans and etc that Apple is notorious for hosting!
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Re:It was bound to happen (Score:2, Funny)
This is Slashdot. Odds are he's never been around any female not called "Mom".
Re:You keep saying that word.... (Score:4, Funny)
Chill, don't get your knickers in a twist.
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Cheers
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