No Java on iPad, thank goodness

[eq2675]

Macs getting a virus? You say "No Way". That's not the case anymore with the latest Java exploit.

http://krebsonsecurity.com/2012/04/urgent-fix-for-zero-day-mac-java-flaw

Thank goodness we don't have Java on our iPads.

 

[gr8tfly]

Already fixed with a patch Apple issued yesterday.

(btw - it was a Trojan, not virus)

 

[Old Smuggler]

thankfully its not affected

 

[scottw324]

So is JavaScript not the same thing as Java?

I ask because in the safari settings on the iPad you have the option to turn JavaScript on or off.

 

[MisterMe]

So is JavaScript not the same thing as Java?

...

JavaScript and Java have nothing to do with each other.

 

[phyrexia]

Macs getting a virus? You say "No Way". That's not the case anymore with the latest Java exploit.

http://krebsonsecurity.com/2012/04/urgent-fix-for-zero-day-mac-java-flaw

Thank goodness we don't have Java on our iPads.

I would love to have a Java VM on the iPad.

 

[talmy]

If there were Java on the iPad then many programs that I have that run run on Macs and PCs would also run on an iPad. I'm just not sure how programs would "translate" into a touch environment.

Of course allowing Java one could bypass the App Store, so it will never happen.

 

[scottw324]

JavaScript and Java have nothing to do with each other.

Ok, cool, good to know. Thanks.

 

[troublesolstice]

don't have java installed on my macbook
should i keep it that way?

 

[GGJstudios]

don't have java installed on my macbook
should i keep it that way?

It's likely you don't need it. If you decide to install it, go to Safari > Preferences > Security and UNcheck "Enable Java". Then only check it when you're on a trusted website that needs it to function properly. Chances are, if you haven't missed it so far, you're fine running without it.

 

[669532]

iOS is a totally different OS to OSX. It may get the trojan but chances are no harm would come of it because the trojan wouldn't work in the iOS environment.