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"Epic" security flaw?
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Feb 24, 2014, 09:49 PM
 
Apparently, there's an "epic" security flaw in iOS/OS X, which I've never heard about...

Researcher: Array of Apple Apps Vulnerable to “Gotofail” Attack | Re/code

If you stopped using the Safari browser while patiently awaiting Apple’s OS X patch for the “Gotofail” security vulnerability publicized over the weekend, that’s smart.

Now strongly consider giving up Apple’s Calendar, FaceTime, Keynote, iBooks and Mail apps, as well as the Twitter Mac desktop client.
I'm surprised MacNN didn't report this, save for a small article to announce an update to iOS, which doesn't sound alarming.. As usual, I'm not too worried about these...
     
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Feb 24, 2014, 10:08 PM
 
It's a flaw, I wouldn't make it out to be an "epic" flaw, but it's not good.

Can we all agree to stop using the word "epic" for everything?
"Like a midget at a urinal, I was going to have to stay on my toes." Frank Drebin, Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult
     
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Feb 25, 2014, 10:04 AM
 
There is a discussion about it here:

http://forums.macnn.com/89/macnn-lou...os-might-also/
The new Mac Pro has up to 30 MB of cache inside the processor itself. That's more than the HD in my first Mac. Somehow I'm still running out of space.
     
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Feb 25, 2014, 06:37 PM
 
Originally Posted by P View Post
There is a discussion about it here:

http://forums.macnn.com/89/macnn-lou...os-might-also/

And, yes, it is an EPIC "goto fail:"
     
   
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