On Jan 6, 2015, at 3:18 AM, LuKreme <krem...@kreme.com> wrote: > On 03 Jan 2015, at 19:22 , Macs R We <macs...@macsrwe.com> wrote: >> On Jan 3, 2015, at 6:19 PM, Dinse, Gregg (NIH/NIEHS) [C] >> <di...@niehs.nih.gov> wrote: >> >>> I do remember all of my computers recently having a message panel pop up >>> that said something about a security update. This was the first time that >>> I recall thinking that the update had been performed without asking for my >>> permission. >> >> Yup, everybody saw this, and indeed it was the first time. Not a good >> precedent. > > Why would you say that?
Wait until the first time they blow the patch… and you’ll say that, too. Remember iOS 8.0.1? > It was a remote code-execution with privilege elevation bug against a service > that is running on the majority of OS X machines. It doe not get any more > critical than that. Machines with an patched ntp were, quite literally, 100% > exploitable. The NTP exploit required the exploiter to be on the same local network as I am. That puts my actual risk in the vicinity of “ho hum." I want to decide when new stuff hits the computer I own, thank you very much. _______________________________________________ MacOSX-talk mailing list MacOSX-talk@omnigroup.com http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk
