Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Jolly Roger Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: Mac Malware Date: 17 Mar 2017 16:01:26 GMT Organization: People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates Lines: 59 Message-ID: References: <4wPvA.84517$i7.38100@fx30.fr7> <1n2vfgt.n7ha2p1vquisyN%dcohenspam@talktalk.net> <1n2z1xh.1k489am819oscN%dcohenspam@talktalk.net> <1n2zugo.13rjh1q15j5a0mN%dcohenspam@talktalk.net> <1n319oi.w5u0pv1jnph45N%dempson@actrix.gen.nz> X-Trace: individual.net jCQEChsQmME4xupUN1mI0Q/Y/mXaTvJwDExgI01U6iBOsDXx+K Cancel-Lock: sha1:X469uFvXmiwosgPObp2PVNE2GsM= Mail-Copies-To: nobody User-Agent: slrn/1.0.1 (Darwin) Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.system:102493 On 2017-03-17, David Empson wrote: > > (I do still have Flash Player installed on my Mac Mini "set top box"; it > only gets used for web browsing rarely, such as accessing TV on demand > web sites which still use Flash, and then only for the one local network > which has not released an Apple TV app - bizarre choice because they > have released an iOS app and the competing network has had an Apple TV > app for more than a year.) I know Netflix still demands you have Silverlight installed, because I had an old Mac mini set up just for watching video in a spare bedroom until I recently replaced it with an Apple TV. Which services still use Flash? >> 3. Google Chrome's Mac update facility has a history of hoarding update >> installers indefinitely and filling up people's hard drives over time: >> >> > > My key reason for not having Chrome installed is that Chrome's update > engine runs as a root-level process, which can do updates in the > background without asking me first. > > I don't like software installing updates automatically, but my primary > dislike of Chrome's method was that it would also download its updates > in the background, even if I'm not using Chrome regularly. Yuck. No kidding. > I'm often using an Internet connection which is metered (tethering via > my iPhone), therefore having Chrome installed risks my data cap being > hit. Until recently I was on a plan which started charging me without > warning if I went over the cap, but a plan change means I now get "warn > at 80%, stop at 100%" rather than automatically billing me for data by > the megabyte. > > This was not a problem with Chromium because it has manual updates. I recall people having problems with the Google updater process as well, where it would consume lots of CPU in the background, and cause other performance issues as well. >> 4. There's just no compelling reason for me to use a browser other than >> Safari for the vast majority of my browsing needs. The only time I >> nother with another browser (which is usually Firefox) is when some >> dumb-ass bank website malfunctions (usually due to being badly coded). >> On those very rare occasions where a site doesn't work correctly with >> Safari, Firefox does the trick just fine, sans tracking and privacy >> concerns. > > Same for me. Probably 99% Safari, 1% Firefox. Sounds about right here too. -- E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter. I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead. JR