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Our Blogs The BeerFiles Apple gets mauled on Safari outside walled garden | Apple gets mauled on Safari outside walled garden |
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| by Stan Beer | |
| Monday, 31 March 2008 | |
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Page 1 of 2 So what are we to make of this? Apple and its fanatical fans don't see anything wrong in tricking lax users who trust the company because of its reputation into downloading new software posing as an update. Let's leave aside the issue that the new version of Safari has since been found by Secunia to have a couple of critical security flaws. All the browsers have security issues that will eventually be discovered and patched, discovered and patched and so on. The really important issue is the code of behaviour that reputable software manufacturers adhere to and what users expect of them in the world of online downloads. While some Apple fans and Apple itself may dismiss all the fuss as a storm in a teacup, this is anything but a storm in a teacup. The message it has sent iTunes users on Windows is that from now on they can't trust Apple not to attempt to foist bloatware on them by stealth. CONTINUED |
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