My mother’s blog — Adventures in Parenting.org — was hacked today. It took a couple hours to do the research and fix the site, but I think things have mostly settled down now. Unfortunately, it’s impossible to know — without re-doing the entire site — that everything is completely clean. So comb through the site, and let me know right away if you see anything suspicious.
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I used to highly respect Apple. I bought an iBook, a few iPods, an iMac, and an iPhone. I’ve purchased several songs on iTunes, and I’ve used the Safari beta. They’re trying to remove DRM from iTunes music. They were a good company.
But as of today, I’ve lost all respect for them. Let me explain.
Today, Apple realized Microsoft’s success, and decided to follow them as a role model. They forced their Safari web browser on Windows users of iTunes, QuickTime, or Bonjour.
Sneakily, the Apple Software Updater will run and pop-up automatically on the screens of Windows users who have iTunes installed. This is fine. The problem is that it now has Safari, and it’s checked to install by default.
Even if you have never installed Safari before. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Apple, bonjour, deceptive tactics, itunes, malware, monopolies, quicktime, safari, software
