05/18/2007, 10:45am, EDT
Friday, May 18th
Briefly: Adobe security flaw; domain war
Babelcompany.com domain war
The previous owner of babelcompany.com tells MacNN that "due to a series of unfortunate recent circumstances I've had another registrant acquire the babelcompany.com domain name from me during the domain renewal process." The user is currently working to resolve the issue with Network Solutions, and says that the new domain owner has complied with his request to remove copyrighted content from the site as well as other misleading references to Impression. The domain name, however, is no longer controlled by Impression's owner Stephen Elliott.
Speck offer, Aquafadas themes
Speck Products is giving away free ToughSkins for iPod or iPod nano to customers who purchase at least $20 worth of merchandise, enabling accessory shoppers to enter a coupon code at checkout for a free protective cover to cash in on the offer.... Aquafadas has released two new themes for Pulpmotion titled TimeMachine and Bouncing; the TimeMachine theme enables users to visualize images as well as videos in a Leopard-like manner, while Bouncing aims to "put some spring" into slideshows.
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And WTF is this installer disabling the firewall for in the first place? Probably some lame anti-copying practice to make sure people don't put the software on a couple of computers.
Oh well, 'tis the cycle of life for software developers.
Uhm... I believe you do authenticate the Adobe Installer. As soon as you enter your password, it has free reign to do what it wants.
People need to accept that using a computer has risks that cannot completely be eliminated. However, I'd be livid at Adobe if this happened to me. They should know better.
People need to accept that using a computer has risks that cannot completely be eliminated. However, I'd be livid at Adobe if this happened to me. They should know better.
But shouldn't people expect that major software publishers aren't going to do stupid things like disable firewalls, install spyware, or erase your hard drive? That's why we enter our password to use the installer in the first place, because we supposedly 'trust' the publisher.
But to the point of entering our password giving free reign to the computer, that should NOT be the case. The firewall, as with other SYSTEM components, should be under different authentication and ownership. I give permission so they can write content to 'protected' directories, like "Applications" and "Library".
Maybe this just shows the false sense of security apple offers with their authentication. They tell you "you need to authenticate", but all they do is tell you what app is opening, but not what they're planning on doing to your computer. How about some details?