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Re: if you were aapple and you could

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In article <mr66gc$287$2@dont-email.me>, Electric Comet
<electric-comet@mail.invalid> wrote:
> 
> would you intervene if you were aapple and had the ability to prevent an
> mac osx subscriber from being a target of an exploit
> 
> let us say an exploit existed that allowed a local user to get root trivially
> like through a DYNLIB_ env var
> 
> if you were aapple would you be legally responsible to stay out of it or
> would you be legally required to prevent it
> 
> or would you as aapple feel ethically responsible and step in on the behalf
> of the subscriber even though aapple has no legal responsibility
> 
> maybe a related question is
> does aapple have any legal responsibility for preventing expoitation of the
> subscriber

A.  There's no such things as "aapple".

B.  There's no such things as "an mac osx subscriber".

C.  Apple already patches any security holes in Mac OS X (and iOS)
    as and when they can.

D.  The chances of anybody exploiting such security holes are
    extremely minimal to the pint of being non-existent ... unless 
    you're a dumbass, a software pirate, or a porn moron, in which
    case you get what you deserve.

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if you were aapple and you could Electric Comet <electric-comet@mail.invalid> - 2015-08-20 20:37 -0700
  Re: if you were aapple and you could nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-08-20 23:42 -0400
    Re: if you were aapple and you coul Electric Comet <electric-comet@mail.invalid> - 2015-08-21 11:52 -0700
  Re: if you were aapple and you could Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-08-20 21:07 -0700
    Re: if you were aapple and you could Don Bruder <dakidd@sonic.net> - 2015-08-20 21:21 -0700
  Re: if you were aapple and you could Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-08-21 18:37 +1200
  Re: if you were aapple and you could Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2015-08-21 02:56 -0400
    Re: if you were aapple and you could Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-08-21 16:13 +0000
    Re: if you were aapple and you could Electric Comet <electric-comet@mail.invalid> - 2015-08-21 11:47 -0700
      Re: if you were aapple and you could Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-08-21 11:54 -0700
      Re: if you were aapple and you could Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2015-08-21 21:32 -0400
        Re: if you were aapple and you could Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2015-08-22 10:28 +0100

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