Windows users: Uninstall Apple's QuickTime now - The Washington Post
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Dear Wise People, According to this article, Quicktime is so out of date and so unsupported as to be a major security hazard. This article reminds me of an hysterical email I once received [and fell for] which commanded me to delete a certain file from my computer, only to discover that it was pretty much essential to the operation of the computer. The version of Quicktime I have on my computer was installed only two months ago? Does Apple software really have such a short shelf life? Why bother to write malware, when you can just write blog post telling idiots like me to drive a spike through their computers, AND we will do it! What are we “citizens” to think? Nick ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com |
Re: Windows users: Uninstall Apple's QuickTime now - The Washington Post
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The wise men at Encyclopedia Dramatica have it just right
excerpts: QuickTime is a popular Virus often found on Mac OS X, but is commonly mistaken as a media player brought to you by the lovely people from Apple. Like plenty of other Apple software, it is offered to you free of charge, but will consistently harass you to upgrade to a paid version. .. QuickTime for PC is in essence, a way for Apple to justify their own claims that PC's are inferior by hijacking your format settings and running useless crap in the background. Its footprint is so large that even fast PC's are permanently bogged down. Even if you uninstall it, the damage has already been done. The solution is to install QuickTime Alternative instead of Apple's useless piece of shit for software. https://encyclopediadramatica.se/Quicktime On 4/17/16, Nick Thompson <[hidden email]> wrote: > Dear Wise People, > > According to this article, Quicktime is so out of date and so unsupported > as > to be a major security hazard. > > https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2016/04/15/windows-users-u > ninstall-apples-quicktime-now/?tid=pm_business_pop_b > > This article reminds me of an hysterical email I once received [and fell > for] which commanded me to delete a certain file from my computer, only to > discover that it was pretty much essential to the operation of the > computer. > The version of Quicktime I have on my computer was installed only two > months > ago? Does Apple software really have such a short shelf life? > > Why bother to write malware, when you can just write blog post telling > idiots like me to drive a spike through their computers, AND we will do it! > > What are we "citizens" to think? > > Nick ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com |
Re: Windows users: Uninstall Apple's QuickTime now - The Washington Post
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In this case, the article is correct. A security problem with QuickTime
on Windows has been discovered. Generally when this happens a developer will issue a patch or a new version, but in this case Apple announced they won’t fix it. --Barry On 16 Apr 2016, at 14:09, Nick Thompson wrote: > Dear Wise People, > > > > According to this article, Quicktime is so out of date and so > unsupported as > to be a major security hazard. > > > > https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2016/04/15/windows-users-u > ninstall-apples-quicktime-now/?tid=pm\_business\_pop\_b > > > > This article reminds me of an hysterical email I once received [and > fell > for] which commanded me to delete a certain file from my computer, > only to > discover that it was pretty much essential to the operation of the > computer. > The version of Quicktime I have on my computer was installed only two > months > ago? Does Apple software really have such a short shelf life? > > > > Why bother to write malware, when you can just write blog post telling > idiots like me to drive a spike through their computers, AND we will > do it! > > > > What are we "citizens" to think? > > > > Nick > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com |
Re: Windows users: Uninstall Apple's QuickTime now - The Washington Post
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Thanks, all.
So what then does a civilian do? The chatter around Quick Time Alternative is not consistently enthusiastic. What is likely to happen if I simply uninstall QT from my system. I already have VLC media player loaded, but I am not entirely clear how to use it. Sorry to be asking such dumb questions, but there it is. Nick Nicholas S. Thompson Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Biology Clark University http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/ -----Original Message----- From: Friam [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Barry MacKichan Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2016 3:40 PM To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <[hidden email]> Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Windows users: Uninstall Apple's QuickTime now - The Washington Post In this case, the article is correct. A security problem with QuickTime on Windows has been discovered. Generally when this happens a developer will issue a patch or a new version, but in this case Apple announced they won’t fix it. --Barry On 16 Apr 2016, at 14:09, Nick Thompson wrote: > Dear Wise People, > > > > According to this article, Quicktime is so out of date and so > unsupported as to be a major security hazard. > > > > https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2016/04/15/windows-users-u > ninstall-apples-quicktime-now/?tid=pm\_business\_pop\_b > > > > This article reminds me of an hysterical email I once received [and > fell > for] which commanded me to delete a certain file from my computer, > only to > discover that it was pretty much essential to the operation of the > computer. > The version of Quicktime I have on my computer was installed only two > months > ago? Does Apple software really have such a short shelf life? > > > > Why bother to write malware, when you can just write blog post telling > idiots like me to drive a spike through their computers, AND we will > do it! > > > > What are we "citizens" to think? > > > > Nick > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com |
Re: Windows users: Uninstall Apple's QuickTime now - The Washington Post
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The wise man asks questions. VLC is a music and movie playing doodad. Nick, I can try to answer your questions. ^_^ Quicktime Removing, that probably just removes quicktime. VLC Is super simple to use: Play music and Movies with it lots. Basically just tell it to launch. Then find the piece of music or movie drag it into the open window and hit play. Are you using Windows or something else? On Sat, Apr 16, 2016 at 6:26 PM, Nick Thompson <[hidden email]> wrote: Thanks, all. ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com |
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Most likely, nothing bad will happen if you uninstall it. Worst case, you will go to some web page that uses Quicktime and your browser will tell you to install Quicktime. In which case, you will say "guess that wasn't such an important web site after all." :-) On Sat, Apr 16, 2016 at 7:26 PM, Nick Thompson <[hidden email]> wrote: Thanks, all. ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com |
Re: Windows users: Uninstall Apple's QuickTime now - The Washington Post
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Pretty much- There are the odd webplaces that use quicktimeVR and quicktime audio- some old games use it (looking at you myst) On Sat, Apr 16, 2016 at 8:44 PM, Gary Schiltz <[hidden email]> wrote:
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G Can I make VLC my default movie opener? N Nicholas S. Thompson Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Biology Clark University http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/ From: Friam [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Gary Schiltz Most likely, nothing bad will happen if you uninstall it. Worst case, you will go to some web page that uses Quicktime and your browser will tell you to install Quicktime. In which case, you will say "guess that wasn't such an important web site after all." :-) On Sat, Apr 16, 2016 at 7:26 PM, Nick Thompson <[hidden email]> wrote:
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