Apple Security…Don’t ask…or maybe you should.
Posted by: Craig in Internet, Poor Design, Usability, tags: Apple, MacIt’s been a long while since I’ve posted anything to this blog. I would attribute that to the new job I’ve been trying to settle into - and I say job because at this point, I don’t exactly consider it a career move.
Enough about that…I want to get right into this. I was reading through some blogs and other sites tonight and came across this little gem: Apple just gave out my Apple ID password because someone asked. Brilliant! I don’t even need to comment - although I will - for no other reason than I really enjoy taking shots at Apple.
I’ve been pondering as of late what it is exactly one gets with the overpriced hardware commonly referred to as a Mac. You see we recently had to replace my wife’s four year old laptop - it died like any piece of hardware can - unexpectedly and out of warranty. The system we ordered is similar in makeup as this top of the line MacBook Pro. Although you’ll need to make some upgrades: upgrade to 4Gig of Ram, and upgrade to the 300Gig harddrive - although the one we ordered is slightly larger and faster. So once the 17″ MacBook Pro is properly configured (including a warranty) it’s exactly 2.3349249658935879945429740791269 more than the new laptop my wife will soon have delivered.
So for the Macaphites who contend that comparable Windows-based systems are comparably priced - go over to the corner, sit there, and take your medicine - because it’s not true. And now it seems that the .Mac service Macaphites willingly pay $100/yr for - a service that you can honestly get for free using a few web-based applications - is prone to a few - well at least one security flaw. Again, I say Brilliant! Just Brilliant!
I suppose with all the recent security updates to the OS X operating system, Apple should have included a few well placed memos on handling security for user accounts.
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