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From: Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com>
Newsgroups: misc.phone.mobile.iphone,comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: Orphaned CodoPods are found in Apple software
Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2024 21:35:15 -0000 (UTC)
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Wolf Greenblatt <wolf@greenblatt.net> wrote:
> On Tue, 9 Jul 2024 11:56:44 +0100, Chris wrote:
> 
>> You could say the same about any currently unknown, but existing, 
>> vulnerability available in any software. Do Google, Microsoft, etc also 
>> not care about those?
> 
> Apple loudly advertises their ecosystem is safe & secure, not Microsoft.
> Why does Apple say their system is safe & secure when obviously it's not?

Why is this Apple's fault? Developers en masse chose to use a third party
set of tools that were maintained by a small team and supported by a wider
group of volunteers. 

Should Apple ban the use of third party libraries? How would you solve this
issue from happening again?