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

From	Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.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
Date	2015-10-10 10:34 -0700
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On 10/10/15, 10:09 AM, in article d7sv2fFmrrgU1@mid.individual.net, "Jolly
Roger" <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:

> Lloyd Parsons <lloydp211@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Fri, 09 Oct 2015 19:17:43 -0500, Nobody wrote:
>> 
>>> On 10/6/2015 6:55 PM, Peter Köhlmann wrote:
>>>> Jolly Roger wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> wrote:
>>>>>> Snit wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On 10/6/15, 11:58 AM, in article mv15gv$qhv$4@dont-email.me, "Peter
>>>>>>> Köhlmann" <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> wrote:
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> You can basically forget nearly all GUI software needing X
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Other than noting you had no clue X11 can run on OS X did you have a
>>>>>>> point?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> You mean the fact that I schooled you about X on OSX?
>>>>> 
>>>>> You're just plain wrong. OS X allows you to run plenty of X11
>>>>> software.
>>>> 
>>>> Certainly. With an X11 which isn't even part of the install anymore
>>>> 
>>>>>> And that it is no longer part of the install image
>>>>> 
>>>>> Irrelevant.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Very much relevant. Does it even install with the latest OSX versions?
>>>> I have not "upgraded" from Mavericks due to the certainty that more
>>>> applications will be broken
>>> 
>>> https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201341
>> 
>> 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"

Well, on OS X you *can* because your chances of needing it or wanting it are
next to nil. But he meant in terms of being ABLE to run it. And on that he
was wrong.

Utterly shocking for him to be wrong. :)


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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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