On Sat, 05 Aug 2006 18:49:55 GMT, Kurt Ullman <kurtullman@yahoo.com>
wrote in
<kurtullman-F7090A.14495305082006@customer-201-125-217-207.uninet.net.mx>:

>In article <i3o9d2ljmrrtphb7uqge59oqcima37ntoh@4ax.com>,
> John Navas <spamfilter0@navasgroup.com> wrote:
>
>> >How could Apple lean on them unless Apple was considering hiring them
>> >to get involved in repairing their security problem (or image)?
>>
>> Pressure can of course be applied in other ways. Apple is known to be
>> quite litigious, for example.

> Yeah but why just lean on them about Airport and let them use a
>MacBook unimpeded. If I was Apple, I would "defend" both vigorously or
>if threatening legal action on only one, it makes no sense to threaten
>about Airport and let them beat up on MB.

Presumably because Apple couldn't have much to say when the exploit is
demonstrated against a non-Apple product, even when an Apple computer is
used in the demonstration. I think that was a cool way to make the
point with relative safety.

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