Is java now safe to use on a mac?

is java now safe to use on a mac?

Hahnsolo98 wrote:
is java now safe to use on a mac?
It hasn't been safe for a long time, but one can argue that it's safer.
The US Dept of Homeland Security is still not completely satisfied. Their current guidelines are @ http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/625617 and say, in part:
Oracle Security Alert CVE-2013-0422 states that Java 7 Update 11 addresses this (CVE-2013-0422) and an equally severe, but distinct vulnerability (CVE-2012-3174). Immunity has indicated that only the reflection vulnerability has been fixed and that the JMX MBean vulnerability remains. Java 7u11 sets the default Java security settings to "High" so that users will be prompted before running unsigned or self-signed Java applets.
Unless it is absolutely necessary to run Java in web browsers, disable it as described below, even after updating to 7u11. This will help mitigate other Java vulnerabilities that may be discovered in the future.

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