.mac webmail security hole

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Banned
Well this is lovely.

http://apple.slashdot.org/apple/02/07/25/1133245.shtml?tid=107

So you're at college checking your .mac email, logout and think you're safe. Oh no Mr. Bill, you're not! Someone is now likely going through the internet cache and reading your emails one by one.

Is this the end of the world? No. Has Hotmail had security issues? Yes.

I think it's interesting though that as Apple's user base continues to increase, more exploits and vulnerabilites are being found with it's software and services.

This is exactly what happened to MS despite people's claims of them just being incompetent and I think Mac users can continue to look forward to their own reoccuring list of exploits as long as Apple continues to gain market share. Linux users sure have.

I guess fame comes at an expense.
 
Apple is *really* good at fixing known issues. The security issue (which only lasted for 15-minutes on the specific machine that the email had been viewed on) has been resolved -- in less than 24-hours, no less.

way2go apple
 
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