The Federal Trade Commission announced that it has won concessions in a settlement with software maker Oracle over the company’s failure to uninstall older, insecure Java SE software from customer PCs upon upgrade. This, said the FTC, despite Oracle’s explicit promise to its users that updates would render their machines “safe and secure.” By abandoning […]
Oracle settles with FTC for leaving exploitable Java software on PCs
Venture Beat - 21 Dec 2015 20:58
The Federal Trade Commission announced that it has won concessions in a settlement with software maker Oracle over the company’s failure to uninstall older, insecure Java SE software from customer PCs upon upgrade. This, said the FTC, despite Oracle’s explicit promise to its users that updates would render their machines “safe and secure.” By abandoning […]
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