Safari hacked

[CatBoxBackFan]

Safari for Windows was hacked on day one of the release.Live on Firefox!!!

 

[dreamcastrocks]

who would use Safari for Windows anyway?

 

[asudevil83]

Mac software has always been considered "secure"....and i think we are now all realizing that something can be "secure" if nobody really tries to exploit it.

if 4 major exploits are found within hours of release, then i dont find it to be all that "secure"

 

[Treefiddy]

I've always wondered about people just not trying as hard on Macs. Could the situation be exactly the same on Linux?

 

[Ryanwb]

I've always wondered about people just not trying as hard on Macs. Could the situation be exactly the same on Linux?

linux puts out security updates all the time... it's usually not the core of the operating system but the applications on the system. i agree, it's people wanting to knock down msft and point at how secure Linux is. If windows ever went open source you would see it get good really fast

 

[coyoteshockeyfan]

Why would anybody use Safari in the first place?

Edit:

who would use Safari for Windows anyway?

Erm...

 

[Chaplin]

Why would anybody use Safari in the first place?

Edit:

Erm...

Safari is the most reliable browser on Macs. Always has been, even over Firefox. Firefox, however, is more user-friendly IMO.

 

[CardFan67]

Safari is the most reliable browser on Macs. Always has been, even over Firefox. Firefox, however, is more user-friendly IMO.

Everything is most reliable on a MAC... no one uses them, roughly 13% of the computing population... There are two main types of hackers, one for notoriety and the other for "sticking it to the man". If you are a hacker and are after fame of being attached to the guy that hacked "x" you are not going to look at any MAC program to hack. If you are the other type of hacker you are going to try to "take down" the biggest dog, "the man", also not MAC...

Until MAC makes comparative sales outside of the iPod they will remain primarily hacker free.

 

[Covert Rain]

Must have been a really big machete to hack an entire Safari. Wow.

 

[CardFan67]

Wow, Worldwide Mac share is only 2% reaching a peak of over 4% in 1999..

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[asudevil83]

1999 = Imac
2000 = Windows XP
mid 2006 = Intel procs in Macs

 

[devilalum]

Everything is most reliable on a MAC... no one uses them, roughly 13% of the computing population... There are two main types of hackers, one for notoriety and the other for "sticking it to the man". If you are a hacker and are after fame of being attached to the guy that hacked "x" you are not going to look at any MAC program to hack. If you are the other type of hacker you are going to try to "take down" the biggest dog, "the man", also not MAC...

Until MAC makes comparative sales outside of the iPod they will remain primarily hacker free.

You are contradicting yourself. If hackers do their thing for notoriety then why wouldn't they go after Macs?

What would be more notorious than hacking the almighty unhackable Mac?

 

[Card Trader]

You are contradicting yourself. If hackers do their thing for notoriety then why wouldn't they go after Macs?

What would be more notorious than hacking the almighty unhackable Mac?

Almight and Mac in the same sentence? LOL.

It hasn't been hacked because it's so insignificant that no one would waste their time on it.

 

[devilalum]

Almight and Mac in the same sentence? LOL.

It hasn't been hacked because it's so insignificant that no one would waste their time on it.

I was commenting on all those commercials were the Mac guy talks about how secure a Mac is. Macs have been hacked, they've had to release patches for OSX.

I just think that the more Jobs brags about how secure the Mac is the more someone will try to mess with it. Safari being hacked on the first day is proof.

I don't know why Apple even makes computers anymore. Switching to Intel was sort of like throwing in the towel. They make al their money off "IStuff" anyway.

 

[CardFan67]

You are contradicting yourself. If hackers do their thing for notoriety then why wouldn't they go after Macs?

What would be more notorious than hacking the almighty unhackable Mac?

Almighty, I did not say they were almighty or unhackable, they just don't get hacked because there is no point? I think no one would be impressed if a hacker hacked 2% of the population...

 

[Card Trader]

I was commenting on all those commercials were the Mac guy talks about how secure a Mac is. Macs have been hacked, they've had to release patches for OSX.

Those Mac commercials are the dumbest things ever, they also talk about how bloated PCs get, but obviously fail to mention that OSX is an extremely bloated OS and runs like garbage on most of their systems. There are so many false statements and half-truths in those commercials that anyone that buys into them DESERVES to own a Mac.

 

[Ryanwb]

I'll throw this out, Safari was downloaded a million times in 48 hours. Those are impressive stats...

 

[asudevil83]

I'll throw this out, Safari was downloaded a million times in 48 hours. Those are impressive stats...

it is rather impressive.....and just for comparison

Firefox 2.0 - 2mil in 24hours - 362,000,000 downloads so far
IE7 - 3mil in 4 days

 

[Card Trader]

Apple should really just give up and stick to their "i" products......they lose at computers.(I use a mac almost daily too, btw)

 

[Gaddabout]

I work on PCs all day and would much rather use my Mac. *shrug* I guess I'm one of the 2 percent.

 

[CardFan67]

I work on PC's and a few Macs all day long and would much rather use anything other than a Mac... *shrug* guess I am not in the 2 %

 

[Card Trader]

Here is a nice little tribute to the Mac

 

[Linderbee]

Here is a nice little tribute to the Mac

The first time I saw that (a long time ago) I dang near wet my pants laughing...


Mac killed my inner child... lol...

 

[Gaddabout]

Bob Cringley weighs on why he thinks Apple launched a Safari for Windows:

http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/2007/pulpit_20070614_002230.html

 

[D-Dogg]

362,000,000 downloads so far[/B]

??

How? Are they counting all their downloaded components? Because 362 million downloads of a browser is ridiculous.