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

Date	2015-10-13 11:50 -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 12:02, Snit wrote:
> On 10/12/15, 10:53 AM, in article mvgs2j$ahr$1@news.albasani.net, "Nobody"
> <nobody@invalid.com>  wrote:
>
>> On 10/10/2015 6:48 PM, Jolly Roger wrote:
>>> On 2015-10-10, Snit<usenet@gallopinginsanity.com>  wrote:
>>>> On 10/10/15, 1:51 PM, in article mvbto2$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-o
>> sx-especially
>>
>> "XQuartz windows lost off-screen in OSX, especially with multiple
>> displays and spaces
>>
>> Bug: XQuartz and OSX Mavericks, with multiple monitors and spaces, lose
>> windows off-desktop, never to return.
>>
>> This bug has been around around forever, is easily-reproducible, and
>> returns in every OSX; Apple doesn¹t support XQuartz and it¹s a hard
>> problem. Most workarounds cause you to lose your work, use fragile
>> tricks, disable features (like Separate Spaces), only affect new windows
>> or apps that can gather their own windows (InkScape), and overall advise
>> being more careful and abandon recovery."
>>
>> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/openssh/bugs/63283
>>
>> "[Bug 2341] XQuartz X11 forwarding not working in OS X 10.10 Yosemite"
>>
>> https://bugs.r-project.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=16288
>>
>> "Bug 16288 - Unable to find application named 'X11.app'"
>>
>> That's just a small sample.  You can Google for yourself if you're
>> hungry for more...
>>
>>
>>
>
> Did someone suggest X is not buggy? If not what is your point?
>
>
It is very buggy.  Even IBM is still using X11R5 and still fixing bugs.


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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
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