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Re:Apple has pushed a silent Mac update to remove hidden Zoo... by greenshackle2 on Thursday July 11, 2019 @06:08PM (#20416353)
Buggy code is common, silently installing and running a web server is not.
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Re:Apple has pushed a silent Mac update to remove hidden Zoo... by root_axis on Thursday July 11, 2019 @07:47PM (#20416937)
The webserver is an implementation detail. It's not uncommon for desktop application software to use native code to provide UX enhancements that are not possible within the browser alone. If the server had been designed securely it would not be an issue, it would just be left-over cruft, which is also pretty common.
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