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People still use RealPlayer?
RealPlayer is so 2004... pos adware that phones home at every opportunity. I was horrified and saddened to see that Boeing use it for video on their web site. Have they noticed that YouTube (a rather popular place on the interwbs) uses Flash?
Posted by: Don Collins   Posted on: 11/03/08 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Interesting...  Sleeper Service | 11/03/08
QT and Real  TedKraan | 11/03/08
Not so easy  eMJayy | 11/03/08
Apple - Insidious Security Attack?  rickb@... | 11/03/08
This probably is Apple's intent  cshupe@... | 11/03/08
Amazing that MS lets them get away with it  John L. Ries | 11/03/08
Are you suggesting ...  de-void | 11/04/08
Uh.. Right...  Wolfie2K3 | 11/05/08
Toy OS?  rickb@... | 11/03/08
Toy OS  brian ansorge | 11/04/08
RE: hanks to Apple, my windows PCs are less secure today  Redsheep | 11/03/08
Quicktime has been a security sieve since days of yore  seanferd | 11/03/08
RE: Thanks to Apple, my windows PCs are less secure today  Redsheep | 11/03/08
QT, Real et al...  martian@... | 11/04/08
Restrictive environments  TedKraan | 11/03/08
Firm Foundations  TechnoCritter | 11/04/08
People still use RealPlayer?  Don Collins | 11/03/08
I use Youtube often  TedKraan | 11/03/08
Tell That To Some Web Seminars  itanalyst2@... | 11/03/08
No RealPlayer, yes codecs...  robsku | 11/03/08
Use Real Alternative . . . . . (nt)  JLHenry | 11/03/08
Bingo  seanferd | 11/03/08
Oh yes there is !  Alan Smithie | 11/04/08
The BBC  seanferd | 11/03/08
Oh...Really?  Wolfie2K3 | 11/05/08
Apple doesn't know how to write secure...  bjbrock | 11/03/08
Yet strangely  TedKraan | 11/03/08
There You Go!  DannyO_0x98 | 11/03/08
Which doesn't change the fact...  Sleeper Service | 11/03/08
Here's what's curious....  eMJayy | 11/03/08
That is indeed interesting..  TedKraan | 11/03/08
Interactions among groups at Apple  sean_hando@... | 11/03/08
yes, include MS apps in that list....  deaf_e_kate | 11/03/08
Which is why Vista has fewer issues...  Sleeper Service | 11/03/08
LOL - secured apps ...  digitrog | 11/05/08
Hmm  beoz | 11/03/08
FAIL  de-void | 11/04/08
security ... LOL  digitrog | 11/05/08
Tard time again?  rag@... | 11/03/08
get real  dave@... | 11/03/08
re: tard time  Badgered | 11/03/08
Name just one...  rag@... | 11/04/08
Virii aren't the only security issue ...  de-void | 11/04/08
Yet they still are not a target..  itguy08 | 11/03/08
I think we have to bear in mind...  Sleeper Service | 11/03/08
How is OS X inherently more secure than Windows?  ye | 11/03/08
Spot the differences (again)  TedKraan | 11/03/08
This shows OS X is inherently more secure how? nt  ye | 11/03/08
differences in design  TedKraan | 11/03/08
Stop being so vague.  ye | 11/03/08
Spot the differences: the answer  TedKraan | 11/03/08
@TedKraan: Which doesn't explain why OS X is inherently...  ye | 11/03/08
Young children come to a phase in life  TedKraan | 11/03/08
@TedKraan: No, it's not okay.  ye | 11/03/08
Yes, it is a cop out  TedKraan | 11/03/08
@TedKraan: You haven't provided anything to understand.  ye | 11/03/08
Some Tanenbaum work par example  TedKraan | 11/03/08
@TedKraan: Been there, done that.  ye | 11/03/08
...  TedKraan | 11/03/08
A quick security primer on Win vs OSX  rickb@... | 11/03/08
That was a good explanation but it did nothing to...  ye | 11/03/08
Well, now you are in denial  rickb@... | 11/03/08
Don't think that helps  TedKraan | 11/03/08
@rickb: Please don't project your failings onto me.  ye | 11/03/08
Spot on  beoz | 11/03/08
Because...  Sleeper Service | 11/03/08
Security by Obscurity? A Microsoft Product?  rickb@... | 11/03/08
While I agree with this I don't see how it means...  ye | 11/03/08
Nah, just bad use of language.  Sleeper Service | 11/03/08
I appreciate the clarification.  ye | 11/03/08
How about...  rag@... | 11/04/08
No longer the case ...  de-void | 11/04/08
Hackers haven't migrated yet, that's why  eMJayy | 11/03/08
FUD Time Returns  rag@... | 11/03/08
Wishful thinking  eMJayy | 11/03/08
Fanboy Time Returns  boony | 11/03/08
FUD x2  mrjoctave@... | 11/04/08
That's true  shellcodes_coder | 11/03/08
Microsoft doesn't ship Flash  de-void | 11/04/08
I'm a Windows user, and I'd say Window is still it's own vector  Boot_Agnostic | 11/03/08
Not perfect, only almost happy  robsku | 11/03/08
Re Linux adoption  jns_45K@... | 11/17/08
Microsoft should break the poorly written applications  qmlscycrajg | 11/03/08
Microsoft should break the poorly written applications  Stan57 | 11/03/08
There lies the dilema  cornpie | 11/03/08
Would be difficult, but...  John L. Ries | 11/03/08
Certified for Windows  de-void | 11/04/08
This started happening with XP  mystic100 | 11/03/08
Just like DR DOS? (nt)  grail@... | 11/04/08
The best fix  soonerproud | 11/03/08
Lousy architecture ALLOWS third party apps to break security  tomb@... | 11/03/08
You nailed it  Takalok | 11/03/08
It's a shared responsibilty  rickb@... | 11/03/08
In all fairness  DaemonSlayer | 11/03/08
I'm no M$ fanboy, but  eMJayy | 11/03/08
nothing wrong with architecture  soulxfer@... | 11/03/08
market share....  storm14k | 11/03/08
You are totally right there  TedKraan | 11/03/08
Well said  Chad_z | 11/03/08
Nice analogy  TedKraan | 11/03/08
to much porn more like  mrjoctave@... | 11/04/08
LOL  Sleeper Service | 11/03/08
duh  mrjoctave@... | 11/04/08
Very True. And as proof of that  GuidingLight | 11/03/08
True, but Microsoft did shoot itself in the foot with a cannon  mystic100 | 11/03/08
and another one  mrjoctave@... | 11/04/08
Things can launch on their own  mystic100 | 11/04/08
That is a good point  GuidingLight | 11/04/08
FAIL  de-void | 11/04/08
Then the challenges are...  John L. Ries | 11/03/08
Time will tell  DaemonSlayer | 11/03/08
Where is it said that there is no exploits for OSX?  CrashPad | 11/03/08
Antivirus for OSX?  grail@... | 11/04/08
RE: Microsoft: Third party apps killing our security  robsku | 11/03/08
RE: Microsoft: Third party apps killing our security  null | 11/03/08
Use only MS Software ???  null | 11/03/08
A logical assertion.  HypnoToad | 11/03/08
Interesting - Look at the Microsoft/XP exploits  hilcheyman | 11/03/08
Are you suggesting ...  de-void | 11/04/08
Does Mr Needes read this stuff?  rtirman37@... | 11/03/08
Market Success != Technical Prowess  tomb@... | 11/03/08
Correct  TedKraan | 11/03/08
FAIL  de-void | 11/04/08
wrong  TedKraan | 11/12/08
RE: Microsoft: Third party apps killing our security  atari8bit@... | 11/03/08
Trouble is.....................  Alan Smithie | 11/04/08
Interesting, I figured out Vista's security success and realized something  Breetai | 11/04/08
Define failure  de-void | 11/04/08
RE: Microsoft: third party apps killing our security - like heck!  digitrog | 11/05/08
RE: Microsoft: Third party apps killing our security  StasD | 11/06/08
RE: Microsoft: Third party apps killing our security  1djk1 | 11/13/08
Don't bite the hand that feeds you  Ole Man | 11/13/08
Isn't transparency preferable?  JelMin | 11/14/08
Third party apps killing our security ?  xmeshman | 11/26/08

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