Re: "Unhackable" Apple Confirms Malware-Infected Apps Found And Removed From Its Chinese App Store

Date	2015-10-13 11:52 -0600
From	GreyCloud <cumulus@mist.com>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.system, alt.comp.freeware, comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject	Re: "Unhackable" Apple Confirms Malware-Infected Apps Found And Removed From Its Chinese App Store
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On 10/12/15 13:14, Nobody wrote:
> On 10/12/2015 1:15 PM, Jolly Roger wrote:
>> On 2015-10-12, Nobody <nobody@invalid.com> wrote:
>>> On 10/10/2015 6:48 PM, Jolly Roger wrote:
>>>> On 2015-10-10, Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> wrote:
>>>>> On 10/10/15, 1:51 PM, in article mvbto2$ouq$1@news.albasani.net,
>>>>> "Nobody"
>>>>> <nobody@invalid.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>>> So it isn't included in the installation, but a fully functional
>>>>>>>> version
>>>>>>>> is available for download. Makes sense since most Mac users
>>>>>>>> wouldn't
>>>>>>>> want or need X11 for any reason.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Peter Köhlmann: "You can basically forget nearly all GUI software
>>>>>>> needing
>>>>>>> X"
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You're completely overlooking X11 for Mac is now in the hands of a
>>>>>> third
>>>>>> party, and has no guarantee of working with current versions of
>>>>>> Mac OS
>>>>>> X. To say nothing of what will be broken by mercurial Apple with
>>>>>> future
>>>>>> updates...
>>>>>
>>>>> <https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201341>
>>>>> -----
>>>>> Apple is a contributor to the XQuartz project and has worked to
>>>>> ensure that X11 works as expected in OS X with the latest available
>>>>> versions of XQuartz.
>>>>> -----
>>>>
>>>> Oops. ; ) The fact is X11 apps work in OS X, and have for a long, long
>>>> time now. Peter is wrong, as usual.
>>>
>>> http://blog.appsocial.ly/post/98167598243/xquartz-windows-lost-off-screen-in-osx-especially
>>>
>>
>> You found a bug.
>
> I posted three bugs. Two you snipped out. Those weren't all I found by a
> long shot, just all I bothered with.
>
>> That has little relevance to Peter Köhlmann's claim
>> that: "You can basically forget nearly all GUI software needing X"
>
> It has relevance to *my* remarks, which you tried to discount with what
> you quoted.
>
>>> That's just a small sample. You can Google for yourself if you're
>>> hungry for more...
>>
>> You can find all sorts of X11 bugs that have nothing to do with OS X,
>> too.
>
> These are Quartz X11 bugs, which means they have everything to do with
> OS X, in spite of your assurances to the contrary.
>
And Quartz X11 has nothing to do with the operation of OS X or the usual 
apps.
Only if you want to use X on a Mac.
But what you are yammering on about is an old bug that got fixed a long 
time ago.


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Re: "Unhackable" Apple Confirms Malware-Infected Apps Found And Removed From Its Chinese App Store Nobody <nobody@invalid.com> - 2015-10-09 19:17 -0500
  Re: "Unhackable" Apple Confirms Malware-Infected Apps Found And Removed From Its Chinese App Store Lloyd Parsons <lloydp211@gmail.com> - 2015-10-10 00:23 +0000
    Re: "Unhackable" Apple Confirms Malware-Infected Apps Found And Removed From Its Chinese App Store Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-09 17:26 -0700
    Re: "Unhackable" Apple Confirms Malware-Infected Apps Found And Removed From Its Chinese App Store GreyCloud <cumulus@mist.com> - 2015-10-09 20:07 -0600
      Re: "Unhackable" Apple Confirms Malware-Infected Apps Found And Removed From Its Chinese App Store Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-09 19:13 -0700
    Re: "Unhackable" Apple Confirms Malware-Infected Apps Found And Removed From Its Chinese App Store Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-10-10 17:09 +0000
      Re: "Unhackable" Apple Confirms Malware-Infected Apps Found And Removed From Its Chinese App Store Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-10 10:34 -0700
      Re: "Unhackable" Apple Confirms Malware-Infected Apps Found And Removed From Its Chinese App Store Nobody <nobody@invalid.com> - 2015-10-10 15:51 -0500
        Re: "Unhackable" Apple Confirms Malware-Infected Apps Found And Removed From Its Chinese App Store Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-10 16:18 -0700
          Re: "Unhackable" Apple Confirms Malware-Infected Apps Found And Removed From Its Chinese App Store Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-10-10 23:48 +0000
            Re: "Unhackable" Apple Confirms Malware-Infected Apps Found And Removed From Its Chinese App Store Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-10 19:08 -0700
            Re: "Unhackable" Apple Confirms Malware-Infected Apps Found And Removed From Its Chinese App Store Nobody <nobody@invalid.com> - 2015-10-12 12:53 -0500
              Re: "Unhackable" Apple Confirms Malware-Infected Apps Found And Removed From Its Chinese App Store Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-12 11:02 -0700
                Re: "Unhackable" Apple Confirms Malware-Infected Apps Found And Removed From Its Chinese App Store GreyCloud <cumulus@mist.com> - 2015-10-13 11:50 -0600
              Re: "Unhackable" Apple Confirms Malware-Infected Apps Found And Removed From Its Chinese App Store Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-10-12 18:15 +0000
                Re: "Unhackable" Apple Confirms Malware-Infected Apps Found And Removed From Its Chinese App Store Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-12 11:32 -0700
                Re: "Unhackable" Apple Confirms Malware-Infected Apps Found And Removed From Its Chinese App Store Nobody <nobody@invalid.com> - 2015-10-12 14:14 -0500
                Re: "Unhackable" Apple Confirms Malware-Infected Apps Found And Removed From Its Chinese App Store Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-12 12:21 -0700
                Re: "Unhackable" Apple Confirms Malware-Infected Apps Found And Removed From Its Chinese App Store Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-10-12 19:24 +0000
                Re: "Unhackable" Apple Confirms Malware-Infected Apps Found And Removed From Its Chinese App Store Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-12 12:29 -0700
                Re: "Unhackable" Apple Confirms Malware-Infected Apps Found And Removed From Its Chinese App Store GreyCloud <cumulus@mist.com> - 2015-10-13 11:52 -0600
                Re: "Unhackable" Apple Confirms Malware-Infected Apps Found And Removed From Its Chinese App Store Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-10-13 17:58 +0000
              Re: "Unhackable" Apple Confirms Malware-Infected Apps Found And Removed From Its Chinese App Store GreyCloud <cumulus@mist.com> - 2015-10-13 11:49 -0600
  Re: "Unhackable" Apple Confirms Malware-Infected Apps Found And Removed From Its Chinese App Store Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-09 17:24 -0700

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