On Jan 24, 2014, at 10:02 PM, Kyle Sluder <k...@ksluder.com> wrote: >> On Jan 24, 2014, at 5:27 PM, Charles Srstka <cocoa...@charlessoft.com> wrote: >> >> Well, that's for a good reason, you see. If your app were able to change >> users' preferences, it might be able to... erm... take over... uh... file >> associations. >> >> Hrm. > > You don’t see that as a problem? > > Install SuperFunGame from the App Store. It associates itself with the > com.intuit.QuickBooks UTI. Next time you double-click your QuickBooks file in > Finder, SuperFunGame gets the `open` event, and takes the liberty of sending > home all your employees’ Social Security numbers before re-opening the file > in QuickBooks. > > Seem far-fetched? Well, the Internet Security 2003 malware for Windows does > the exact same thing, except for *all executables* on the system: > http://malwaretips.com/blogs/internet-security-2013-virus/
One of the enormously fun things I miss about Windows (not!). Sad to see we’re starting to see this in the Mac world now too. > > --Kyle Sluder
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