XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.sys.mac.system, comp.sys.mac.advocacy   
   XPost: comp.mobile.ipad   
   From: nuh-uh@nope.com   
      
   On 2024-07-07 20:12, Andrew wrote:   
   > badgolferman wrote on Sun, 7 Jul 2024 12:02:22 -0000 (UTC) :   
   >   
   >> This situation reminds me of the Ford Explorer rollover debacle. Ford   
   >> blamed Firestone and Firestone blamed Ford. In reality they both had a   
   >> major part in the whole thing. Firestone tires were separating at the tread   
   >> and Ford Explorers had weak suspensions and high center of gravity. Both of   
   >> those caused the exceedingly high number of rollovers and deaths.   
   >   
   > Whom did the customer purchase the vehicle from, Ford or Firestone?   
   > The answer is Ford. So this is purely a Ford ecosystem problem.   
      
   You get that cars (physical products) aren't the same as software...   
      
   ...and that your analogy is fatally flawed as this is a tool used to   
   build an accessory to the product that Apple sells...   
      
   ...right?   
      
   >   
   > To wit, this huge security hole is purely an Apple ecosystem problem.   
   > https://www.darkreading.com/cloud-security/apple-cocoapods-bug   
   -expose-apps-code-injection   
   >   
   > What kind of ecosystem is so primitive that ANYONE ON THE PLANET could   
   > modify any of three million iOS/macOS apps at will - whenever they want?   
   >   
   > For ten years!   
   >   
   >> Take your pick as to whom to blame, but it shows neither company performed   
   >> adequate testing together or merely ignored warning signs.   
   >   
   > If Apple did NOT tout that their ecosystem provided safety and security, we   
   > could let Apple off the hook for never bothering to test that claim.   
   >   
   > As it is, it's clear that the one thing the primitive Apple ecosystem does   
   > NOT provide, is safety & security.   
   >   
   > I wonder if these zealots realize ANYONE ON THE PLANET FOR TEN YEARS could   
   > inject ANY CODE THEY WANTED TO INJECT into over three million iOS/mac apps.   
   I wonder if you realize how many unsupported assumptions you've made in   
   that sentence.   
      
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