Re: If Macs have no spyware....
- From: Josh McKee <jtmckee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2005 06:55:32 -0700
On Sat, 29 Oct 2005 22:45:49 -0400, ZnU <znu@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>In article <sh38m1l093h42ihruvhdt1kki25b641fc6@xxxxxxx>,
> Josh McKee <jtmckee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 29 Oct 2005 12:53:39 -0400, ZnU <znu@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> >In article <c287m19gte3esm8bdrt7tnrui0j5o7mnf4@xxxxxxx>,
>> > Josh McKee <jtmckee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >
>> >> On Sat, 29 Oct 2005 11:16:27 -0400, ZnU <znu@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> >In article <6p37m19lgnukc7r0snv22iqgvmrgdg0mh9@xxxxxxx>,
>> >> > Josh McKee <jtmckee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >> On Fri, 28 Oct 2005 21:29:33 -0400, ZnU <znu@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> >> >> wrote:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> >In article <7ap4m1ll1fddbe3sfaugbs40ttv6igup5i@xxxxxxx>,
>> >> >> > Josh McKee <jtmckee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> On Fri, 28 Oct 2005 19:47:17 +0200, Sandman <mr@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> >> >> >> wrote:
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> >In article <k3m4m1tdhc4g5ub1cah6gnd9a9fjpnij37@xxxxxxx>,
>> >> >> >> > Josh McKee <jtmckee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> >> On 28 Oct 2005 09:33:23 -0700, "Cinemafia"
>> >> >> >> >> <cinemafia@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> >> >Little Snitch is a well known app that monitors outgoing
>> >> >> >> >> >TCP connections, and for all intensive purposes helps
>> >> >> >> >> >people who use pirated software keep said software from
>> >> >> >> >> >'calling home'. I've been using LS for years and have
>> >> >> >> >> >yet to find one program that I didn't install purposely
>> >> >> >> >> >doing anything other than that.
>> >> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> >> >Hence, there's a big difference between commercial
>> >> >> >> >> >software that's been cracked communicating with the
>> >> >> >> >> >servers of its software developers and 'mal/spyware'.
>> >> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> >> According to the Mac zealots it's impossible for software
>> >> >> >> >> to be installed on OS X that does things, like calling
>> >> >> >> >> home, that the user would not be aware of.
>> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> >Have you been taking Make Up Maccie Myth lessons from
>> >> >> >> >Mayor? You've got lots of Maccie myths to invent before you
>> >> >> >> >approach the number of myths he has invented
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> Are you saying that it's possible for software to be
>> >> >> >> installed on OS X that does things, like calling home, that
>> >> >> >> the user would not be aware of?
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >Cut it out with the passive sentence construction. Yes, of
>> >> >> >course it's possible for the user to install software that
>> >> >> >might do things the user would not approve of and was not
>> >> >> >aware of.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Then you've just admitted that OS X is susceptible to malware,
>> >> >> especially spyware.
>> >> >
>> >> >Nice snip job.
>> >>
>> >> Did I cut out something that you thought was important and should
>> >> have been addressed? Since we're in agreement that OS X is
>> >> susceptible to malware I didn't see any point in addressing the
>> >> rest of what you had written.
>> >
>> >Why are you being so confrontational here? I don't think I've said
>> >anything unreasonable in this thread.
>>
>> How am I being confrontational?
>
>Snipping most of someone's post and pointing out that they've 'just
>admitted' something (as you did above) tends to imply that maybe the
>rest of the post is designed to disguise such an admission.
No. It just means that we've reached agreement and that there's
nothing more to discuss.
Josh
.
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