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Re:Apple has pushed a silent Mac update to remove hidden Zoo... by cush on Wednesday July 10, 2019 @09:30PM (#20408353)
They worked with Zoom to kill the zombie servers which were left behind after Zoom is uninstalled. Not really flexing. Zoom accidentally created malware, and Apple killed it using the same mechanisms they would to kill other malware.
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Re:Apple has pushed a silent Mac update to remove hidden Zoo... by filmgirlcw on Wednesday July 10, 2019 @10:39PM (#20408683)
That’s being pretty kind to a company that bypassed a system setting designed to respect user permissions by writing an always-running insecure web server —- and then refusing to remove that web server and even reinstalling itself when you remove the app.

Oh, and a company that defended the insecure web server up until the moment the public outrage exploded and/or the RCE it had willfully ignored was about to be revealed.

Oh, and a public company at that, that’s trying to convince businesses to use its product as it primary video chat system.

Apple worked with Zoom insofar as Apple cleaned up Zoom’s mess because of Zoom’s poor/unethical software practices.

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Re:Apple has pushed a silent Mac update to remove hidden Zoo... by scarface74 on Wednesday July 10, 2019 @09:39PM (#20408413)
How do you “accidentally” write software that can reinstall itself?
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