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| Apple Sends Hidden Message to Hackers? |
| from the cute-very-cute dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Sunday January 15, @18:46 (Apple) |
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http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/01/15/1857210 |
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RetrogradeMotion writes "The OSx86 Project is reporting on a [0]hidden
message to hackers in Apple's new MacBook Pro. The new Intel-based OS X
contains a file named 'Dont Steal Mac OS X.kext' and is accompanied by
the message, 'The purpose of this Apple software is to protect Apple
copyrighted materials from unauthorized copying and use.' The file is not
present in either the PowerPC version of OS X or the Intel version
shipped to developers last year. While Apple has sent [1]messages to
hackers before, is this a tounge-in-cheek introduction to the
[2]anticipated (and hated) Trusted Platform Module? Is locking down OS X
a strategic necessity or a missed opportunity?" Obviously a big maybe
here, but a good story just the same.
Discuss this story at:
http://apple.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=06/01/15/1857210
Links:
0.
http://www.osx86project.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=89&Itemid=2
1.
http://www.folklore.org/StoryView.p...rder=Sort by Date&detail=medium&search=stolen
2.
http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/08/01/0421248&tid=179
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