Forum roundup: OS X Lion security flaws?
updated 02:15 pm EDT, Tue September 27, 2011
Hot topics from the forums
Concern over the security of OS X Lion has popped up recently in the MacNN forums when one forum goer posted a link to an article about one Aussie researcher who cracked OS X Lion passwords, click here to read more and join in. The conversation about discontent with OS X Lion continues in the thread titled "restoring 10.6 after Lion?"
Yesterday, one Fresh-Faced Recruit started a thread looking for some help with updating the software on their iPhone 3GS. Also yesterday Logan19 started a thread after having some difficulties booting up a used iMac they just purchased, click here to read more and join in. A similar thread also popped up yesterday by a Forum Regular who recently purchased a used Mac Pro and is looking for some guidance on what might be wrong with it.
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old info about cracking Lion passwords
The Lion password issue is old news. Yes, you can get to the password hash but if you use a password that isn't a simple word, it becomes very difficult to crack any system's password, Lion included.