Comments on: Ten Myths of Leopard: 9 Apple is Spying on Users! http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2007/11/08/ten-myths-of-leopard-9-apple-is-spying-on-users/ Daniel Eran Dilger in San Francisco Tue, 7 Oct 2008 09:04:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Google’s Android Market Guarantees Problems for Users — RoughlyDrafted Magazine http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2007/11/08/ten-myths-of-leopard-9-apple-is-spying-on-users/#comment-11705 Google’s Android Market Guarantees Problems for Users — RoughlyDrafted Magazine Fri, 29 Aug 2008 08:36:01 +0000 http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2007/11/08/ten-myths-of-leopard-9-apple-is-spying-on-users/#comment-11705 [...] Ten Myths of Leopard: 9 Apple is Spying on Users! The Unavoidable Malware Myth: Why Apple Won’t Inherit Microsoft’s Malware Crown [...] [...] Ten Myths of Leopard: 9 Apple is Spying on Users! The Unavoidable Malware Myth: Why Apple Won’t Inherit Microsoft’s Malware Crown [...]

]]> By: The New Apple Patent: WGA Evil or iPhone Knievel? — RoughlyDrafted Magazine http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2007/11/08/ten-myths-of-leopard-9-apple-is-spying-on-users/#comment-2947 The New Apple Patent: WGA Evil or iPhone Knievel? — RoughlyDrafted Magazine Sun, 23 Dec 2007 00:30:06 +0000 http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2007/11/08/ten-myths-of-leopard-9-apple-is-spying-on-users/#comment-2947 [...] Ten Myths of Leopard: 9 Apple is Spying on Users! UnWired! Rick Farrow, Metasploit, and My iPhone Security Interview Hacking iPod Games: How Apple’s DRM Works [...] [...] Ten Myths of Leopard: 9 Apple is Spying on Users! UnWired! Rick Farrow, Metasploit, and My iPhone Security Interview Hacking iPod Games: How Apple’s DRM Works [...]

]]> By: boon http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2007/11/08/ten-myths-of-leopard-9-apple-is-spying-on-users/#comment-2811 boon Fri, 21 Dec 2007 03:03:35 +0000 http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2007/11/08/ten-myths-of-leopard-9-apple-is-spying-on-users/#comment-2811 Schneier recently posted that MS has included Dual_EC-DRBG in Vista. http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2007/12/dual_ec_drbg_ad.html Schneier recently posted that MS has included Dual_EC-DRBG in Vista.

http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2007/12/dual_ec_drbg_ad.html

]]> By: avocade http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2007/11/08/ten-myths-of-leopard-9-apple-is-spying-on-users/#comment-1212 avocade Mon, 12 Nov 2007 19:25:43 +0000 http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2007/11/08/ten-myths-of-leopard-9-apple-is-spying-on-users/#comment-1212 This is the kind of writing I hope will continue to be the cornerstone of RDM. Good job. This is the kind of writing I hope will continue to be the cornerstone of RDM. Good job.

]]> By: Ten Myths of Leopard: 10 Leopard is a Vista Knockoff! — RoughlyDrafted Magazine http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2007/11/08/ten-myths-of-leopard-9-apple-is-spying-on-users/#comment-1117 Ten Myths of Leopard: 10 Leopard is a Vista Knockoff! — RoughlyDrafted Magazine Sat, 10 Nov 2007 07:49:20 +0000 http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2007/11/08/ten-myths-of-leopard-9-apple-is-spying-on-users/#comment-1117 [...] ← Ten Myths of Leopard: 9 Apple is Spying on Users! [...] [...] ← Ten Myths of Leopard: 9 Apple is Spying on Users! [...]

]]> By: danieleran http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2007/11/08/ten-myths-of-leopard-9-apple-is-spying-on-users/#comment-1102 danieleran Fri, 09 Nov 2007 18:55:13 +0000 http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2007/11/08/ten-myths-of-leopard-9-apple-is-spying-on-users/#comment-1102 It's interesting that Digg still hasn't flagged the article as "may be inaccurate," and it's still on the front page. It’s interesting that Digg still hasn’t flagged the article as “may be inaccurate,” and it’s still on the front page.

]]> By: gus2000 http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2007/11/08/ten-myths-of-leopard-9-apple-is-spying-on-users/#comment-1101 gus2000 Fri, 09 Nov 2007 18:39:11 +0000 http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2007/11/08/ten-myths-of-leopard-9-apple-is-spying-on-users/#comment-1101 It looks like like Empowered has issued a "mea-sorta": "UPDATE: It appears from Digg comments that verbose booting shows this is Back To My Mac communications and that machines without any .Mac preferences don't send anything. Mystery mostly solved, although we still don't know for sure what's in the HTTPS packets. Additionally: Chris Holland points out there's a chance this might be NAT-PMP traffic. The moral of the story is guard your COMSEC well with tools like Little Snitch. " That's funny, I thought the moral of the story was "don't believe everything you read". It looks like like Empowered has issued a “mea-sorta”:

“UPDATE: It appears from Digg comments that verbose booting shows this is Back To My Mac communications and that machines without any .Mac preferences don’t send anything. Mystery mostly solved, although we still don’t know for sure what’s in the HTTPS packets. Additionally: Chris Holland points out there’s a chance this might be NAT-PMP traffic. The moral of the story is guard your COMSEC well with tools like Little Snitch. ”

That’s funny, I thought the moral of the story was “don’t believe everything you read”.

]]> By: lmasanti http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2007/11/08/ten-myths-of-leopard-9-apple-is-spying-on-users/#comment-1094 lmasanti Fri, 09 Nov 2007 13:16:59 +0000 http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2007/11/08/ten-myths-of-leopard-9-apple-is-spying-on-users/#comment-1094 quote: "And when we do run into “potentially suspicious behavior,”..." What about signing with at least a yellow-attention flag the EFF foundation... for “potentially suspicious behavior,” (Greenpeace: flag it red) quote:
“And when we do run into “potentially suspicious behavior,”…”

What about signing with at least a yellow-attention flag the EFF foundation… for “potentially suspicious behavior,”
(Greenpeace: flag it red)

]]> By: Tilneys http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2007/11/08/ten-myths-of-leopard-9-apple-is-spying-on-users/#comment-1092 Tilneys Fri, 09 Nov 2007 10:24:29 +0000 http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2007/11/08/ten-myths-of-leopard-9-apple-is-spying-on-users/#comment-1092 Digg is the all time premier tool for communicating rubbish to the ignorant and gullible... Digg is the all time premier tool for communicating rubbish to the ignorant and gullible…

]]> By: lightstab http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2007/11/08/ten-myths-of-leopard-9-apple-is-spying-on-users/#comment-1082 lightstab Fri, 09 Nov 2007 06:46:53 +0000 http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2007/11/08/ten-myths-of-leopard-9-apple-is-spying-on-users/#comment-1082 But to be fair to Digg, Dan, I did notice that lots of people attributed the call out to the "Back to My Mac" feature. The Digg people aren't as bone-headed as many people think, and just to even things out, there was also a big stink about an auto-update function in Vista for, what else, the auto-update software in Vista, which Microsoft later confirmed as being innocuous. But to be fair to Digg, Dan, I did notice that lots of people attributed the call out to the “Back to My Mac” feature. The Digg people aren’t as bone-headed as many people think, and just to even things out, there was also a big stink about an auto-update function in Vista for, what else, the auto-update software in Vista, which Microsoft later confirmed as being innocuous.

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