Apple Angers Mac Users With Silent Shutdown of Java 7 451
An anonymous reader writes in with news of the continuing saga of Java patches and exploits. "If you're a Mac user who suddenly can't access websites or run applications that rely on Java, you're not alone. For the second time in a month, Apple has silently blocked the latest version of Java 7 from running on OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard or higher via its XProtect anti-malware tool. Apple hasn't issued any official statements advising users of the change or its reasons, but it's a safe bet that the company has deemed Oracle's most recent update to Java insecure. That's why the company stealthily disabled Java on Macs back on Jan. 10, the same day a Java vulnerability was being exploited in the wild."
I sure the EULA will tell me I cant do anything.. (Score:1, Interesting)
Re:Good for them. (Score:5, Interesting)
Ehm, doesn't Firefox also block vulnerable versions of Java? I guess maybe they are fascist as well.
Re:Good for them. (Score:5, Interesting)
Re:Old News (Score:5, Interesting)
If there are security vulnerabilities discovered in update 13 then it will likely be blocked as well.
So why don't they block older versions of their operating systems when they have vulnerabilities? That one in iOS where you could root the device from a website was pretty severe, seems if their goal is protecting the user from malicious software they probably should have blocked that from the app store and other services until the users updated.
Re:Old News (Score:2, Interesting)
Re:Good for them. (Score:5, Interesting)
I find it funny how yet another Windows8 story ran last week, and there were many suggestions that businesses should all switch to the Mac.