This has been driving me NUTS lately.

[demented-pants.livejournal.com]

Am I the only one noticing a trend lately wherein people everywhere seem to be going, "Oh, windows is so insecure and awful, I'll switch to Macs, they're better," without having a damn clue what they're talking about? When pressed, sure, they might say, "Macs don't get viruses," which is (of course) a fallacy, or, "Windows crashes all the time..."

Regardless, they switch to macs and then they're totally illiterate and I have to help them figure out wtf they're doing. And then when everything doesn't JUST WORK ZOMG like they're expecting it to, it's somehow *still* Windows' fault, somehow.

Ugh. I'm not advocating for one above the other. I use Mac, Windows, and Linux all three, though I have a definite preference for Windows, personally. Use what works for you.

But for fuck's sake can we all have a little bit less of that annoying superiority?

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[preserver3.livejournal.com]

special note... the claim is that Adobe has since closed this loophole(not a bug, as the integration of a flash camera control is a feature they have retained), and FlashPlayer 10 actually makes it extremely hard to do, but it remains possible due to other weaknesses in a vulnerable browser.

As an even more special note, this is not a Mac specific exploit, it's simply the nature of how integrated the camera is in the iMac design that makes it an excellent target.

[agentdanak.livejournal.com]

*nodnod* yeah, i've seen articles about someone rigging their i-camera to start going as soon as the lid opened when the machine was sent in for repairs.

in a way, the controls are pretty neat. then again...i guess not in all ways.