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2 edits | Re: Lies! Show me where malware or virus in the wild hosed Apple products?
The difference between Mac and Pee Cee is Pee Cee threats appear in the wild where Mac threats don't.
When/if these unpatchable lab-only exploits ever appear in the wild, I as a Mac user will worry about it.
Meanwhile, Apple products aren't being hosed, except by a scant few security researchers in their labs.
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Chicago, IL | Re: Lies! Yes, thanks to a concept us IT and Security folk call security-through-obscurity.
There isn't as much malware targeted at Apple products because the criminals profit more by targeting Windows machines since there are many more of them. | |
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| Re: Lies! said by kapil  :Yes, thanks to a concept us IT and Security folk call security-through-obscurity. There isn't as much malware targeted at Apple products because the criminals profit more by targeting Windows machines since there are many more of them. I believe that is certainly part of it. Part if it is the amount of user intervention required for propagation as was the case with the LEAP-A worm where it required user installation like any other program including providing admin privs. The biggest is that these lab discovered exploits are often quickly patched making propagation impossible.
But the simple fact that OS X users don't face threats from the wild won't stop Windows user FUD about these threats (which was the subject of the OP).
No one denies that exploits exist, only that the exploits are ever exploited in the wild.
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1 edit | Yes, basically what he's saying is that nobody cares about the 300 or so flip flop wearin', hippie mac users. They don't have anything to steal anyway. 
All major corporations run Windows based PCs and/or servers. 99% of households all over the world run MS Windows, including now even on Macs (guess those 300 flip flop wearin hippies can't deal with the complete lack of entertainment software).
So what hacker would bother exploiting less than 1% of total computers worldwide? (for the slow, those be macs).
And however prevalent malware is on Windows, it is also easily completely avoidable if you make some simple changes starting with using a 3rd party browser such as Firefox, using a good hardware router/firewall and avoid opening emails/attachments from senders you don't know (even if you really really really want that v1a.gra). I don't even run anti-virus on my Win XP pc 99% of the time because I don't need to. It's been that way for YEARS and I don't have issues. (oh, and I'm an expert - I rip malware off other's people's PCs, so I know what I'm talkin' bout)
What the Mac people will NEVER understand is that I don't want some pre-packaged overpriced hardware that Steve Jobs signed off on... I prefer to build my own system, from scratch using components of my choice. And its choice that is sorely missing from the Mac camp. Which is ironic considering how they advertised Macs as the answer to "the draconian PC" back in the days.. lol.
The iPhone is just another example of an overpriced, unnecessary device that flocks of the stupid bought into just to have the latest sex substitute they can show off to their other virgin friends who weren't stupid enough to buy one. I mean, a) to wait in line to buy A PHONE and b) to pay 5~6 hundred dollars for that PHONE doesn't exactly make the those who purchased them geniuses.
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join:2005-09-01 | Re: Lies! I disagree about your statement regarding corporations all using windows pcs and servers. That is not true. A lot of corporations are using linux now, for their servers. And a few are even using it for their workstations. | |
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1 edit | Re: Lies! dream on... even if a major corp uses unix/linux servers, chances are they are not using unix/linux exclusively. A lot of popular client/server software MUST run from Windows servers, or on Windows PCs, period. And as far as unix/linux workstations/desktops... name one Fortune 1000 company that uses unix/linux workstations/desktops on every desk.
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| Re: Lies! said by WileEC :dream on... even if a major corp uses unix/linux servers, chances are they are not using unix/linux exclusively. A lot of popular client/server software MUST run from Windows servers, or on Windows PCs, period. And as far as unix/linux workstations/desktops... name one Fortune 1000 company that uses unix/linux workstations/desktops on every desk. If you don't think businesses take Linux seriously you should read »www.informationweek.com/showArti···20900300
Linux as a mainstream desktop OS for businesses (and in the home) is certainly not something too many are taking seriously. There are some exceptions such as the Ernie Ball company. The two problems I think is the lack of software development for corporate software, and the second being a lack of knowledgeable people in the IT field for using Linux as a desktop OS in a corporate environment. Meanwhile MCSEs are a dime a dozen.
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| Re: Lies! said by Maxo :If you don't think businesses take Linux seriously ... Its not a matter of me not thinking businesses take Linux seriously. I didn't say that or anything remotely similar. In fact, the fortune 100 company I'm with uses Unix and Linux, but at least 90% of its servers are Windows based, and so are 99.99% of its desktops. Like I said, even if a major corp is using unix/linux, chances are its not being used exclusively.
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| said by WileEC :So what hacker would bother exploiting less than 1% of total computers worldwide? (for the slow, those be macs). Mac sales make up about 5.8% in the US and about 2.3% in the rest of the world.
said by WileEC :What the Mac people will NEVER understand is that I don't want some pre-packaged overpriced hardware that Steve Jobs signed off on... I talked to the other 299 flip-flop wearin' hippies and none of us really care what you want. If you want to build your own PC from components of your choice more power to you; perhaps I'm missing where people are trying to force you to get a Mac or an iPhone. If you don't want to buy a Mac, I strongly suggest not buying one; that seems to keep everyone happy. | |
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| said by kapil :Yes, thanks to a concept us IT and Security folk call security-through-obscurity. There isn't as much malware targeted at Apple products because the criminals profit more by targeting Windows machines since there are many more of them. 23+ million estimated installed base for Mac OS X is considered "obscure"? I suppose the converse of this overly-used and simplistic concept is "insecurity-through-ubiquity"? Maybe also known as "job security"?
Or, maybe, are those criminals also profiting perhaps because targeting a Windows machine is just flat easier from a security standpoint?
And, the first person to successfully create something (anything) that will not require some sort of significant user interaction before wreaking even the mildest havoc on a Mac will effectively shake the entire computer universe to its very core. And become immortal in the process. You don't think they're out there trying right now? I don't believe that for a second.
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| Re: Lies! You can't take attackers as a sum. When each individual choice to deploy an exploit is made, they're going to do what will give them the biggest impact. In that sense, Mac OS X population is obscure because it's not big enough to get the desired results.
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| Re: Lies! said by ColorBASIC :Mac OS X population is obscure because it's not big enough to get the desired results. Then why all the hubbub? Why does just about every mainstream news outlet practically fall over themselves any time there is even the slightest hint that the Mac OS might have been compromised in some tiny, insignificant manner, that, to date, hasn't affected even ONE Mac separate and apart from whatever testing environment in which the exploit or flaw or hole or whatever you want to call it was created?
Seems a bit out of proportion.
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| Don't like it, don't buy it. Nobody's asking you to. I've been on the fricken internet for quite a while now, and it seems every time the A word is mentioned, a few things come up:
1. The whole "Macs are just as insecure!" BS.
2. In result, security in obscurity
3. Nothing proven
4. Someone comes along, or a whole slew of "diplomats" that give their unsolicited opinion on why Apple customers are evangelist freaks and how they have macophobia, and then give a long-ass explanation about how Apple stuff isn't for them
5. I come along, and say to the #5s, who cares? I sure don't.
6. I use every OS I can get my hands on, prefer OS X, and don't give a crap otherwise.
7. I don't run anything outside of a firewall on the router as far as protection is concerned, and with our 6 macs (and 4 PCs), there hasn't been an issue with any of them - in the many years we've had all of the above
8. F all of you armchair security experts
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| said by kapil :Yes, thanks to a concept us IT and Security folk call security-through-obscurity Uhm, no. That may have been true back in the pre-OS X days, but that isn't the case any more. OS X is basically the same OS that the hackers are using, just with a pretty GUI and some nice apps.
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1 edit | windows coders put backdoors into their code to make their lives easier regarding coding.... but these little short cuts mean the user is not even aware when something is installed. Even Vista has some of this "legacy" code.
Vista addresses this by popping up a confirm window whenever something runs... (whether its run before or has the checksum). The end result is the user clicks yes all the time without even reading...
MaxOSX requires a user to enter a password whenever a program tries to install an application or if a program is about to change a system setting... its a little more picky. So the enduser knows the program/website is doing something naughty...
very simple.
This is why worms and virii are harder to implement and have much less bang for the buck on Apple hardware.
I use both window and osx... and I can say hands down Mac OSX which is debian unix based has nifty concepts of user permissions and admin user privs. OSX is a much more hardened OS than any version of Windows can hope to be....
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| said by ColorBASIC :Show me where malware or virus in the wild hosed Apple products? The difference between Mac and Pee Cee is Pee Cee threats appear in the wild where Mac threats don't. When/if these unpatchable lab-only exploits ever appear in the wild, I as a Mac user will worry about it. Meanwhile, Apple products aren't being hosed, except by a scant few security researchers in their labs. Spoken like a true Apple zombie. Why make any kind of virus or malware for a platform that is less than 10% of the total platforms out there? Oh and by the way, note the humor in my original post or did I touch a nerve? I have yet to hear any Appleite admit to ANY kind of security issue, from hacking to outright virus infestation, ever.
Personally I could give a warm crap about how secure/un-secure Crapandtoss computers are. I'll never own one or any other piece of Apple equipment, and not because I hate Apple or anything like that, I've just got no use for a gimped and expensive computer or highly overpriced peripherals. | |
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| Re: Lies! I'm an "Appleite" and I admit that this is a security issue that Apple should take care of as soon as possible, regardless of whether or not an exploit exists ITW. So there!  | |
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| said by ender7074 :I'll never own one or any other piece of Apple equipment, and not because I hate Apple or anything like that, I've just got no use for a gimped and expensive computer or highly overpriced peripherals. Amen to that. I had a family member that ran a small graphic design business with a Mac, and I provided hardware/software support. What an expensive nightmare that was. Second to that, my in-laws recently bought a new Dell and had serious problems. They returned it and were excited about getting a new Mac (after playing with a demo in a Mac store). They went back to the store to talk options and prices. Needless to say, they now own an HP. | |
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2 edits | Way to dodge the question so I'll ask again.
Show me where malware of a virus in the wild hosed Apple products?
A lab only exploit isn't a security issue for USERS. It becomes a security issue for USERS if the exploit makes it to the wild.
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| Re: Lies! Here's a better question for you to answer:
How many viruses/exploits for Mac, have been done in the wild in the first place? Seems to me that pretty much every one of the "threats" that have shown up for Mac products, have been created in a lab.
That means, the hackers out in the rest of the world simply don't care about Macs. And if they aren't trying to hack it, it's not going to be exploited.
Systems don't hack themselves, and the last time I looked, security companies don't actively try to hack systems outside of their safety network.
Thus, your Mac security is 100% based on obscurity. | |
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| Re: Lies! Of course but that wasn't the point of the OP. The OPs position was that Apple fanbois claim that Apple products are never hacked and can never get malware.
No such claim is ever made. We see exploits discovered in the lab all the time and certainly any program that can be written can be written to do harm and of course it is possible to trick a user into installing a program (like LEAP-A which required the user to provide the admin password like other program installations).
What some Apple fanbois would accurately state however is that USERS never face these threats. In essense, OS X desktops out in the field can't get malware and viruses not because it's not possible but simply because none of these threats exist in the wild.
IOW, stating there are no Mac viruses in the wild is different than saying you can't write a Mac virus.
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Mullica Hill, NJ | Re: Lies! macs also dont run users as admin, default windows installs do for some reason and for some reason lots of self patching software needs to be run as admin in windows.
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1 edit | Re: Lies! That is the biggest concern with this iPhone threat. From what I understand, iPhone's version of OS X runs all apps in root so if you can manage to take over the iPhone, you really TAKE OVER the iPhone.
Also for Windows, while true for XP, I believe default Windows Vista users are power users and not admins by default.
A fully patched Windows Vista is very secure in it's default configuration.
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| The point of the OP was a goddamn joke to parrot back all the BS that many (not all) of the cult of Apple spew from their mouths. Jesus take off your Steve Jobs underoos and relax. No one is going to take away your precious 100% internet secure Mac. Don't worry. | |
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| Re: Lies! said by ender7074 :The point of the OP was a goddamn joke to parrot back all the BS that many (not all) of the cult of Apple spew from their mouths. Jesus take off your Steve Jobs underoos and relax. No one is going to take away your precious 100% internet secure Mac. Don't worry. It's a joke that is seen in every single thread like this. It's also based on a non-true stereo-type of Mac users. You will be hard pressed to find a Mac user that believes their OS is 100% secure in every way possible.
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| Re: Lies! Exactly. Thats where the joke is pointing. For any system, there are morons that think theirs is the best due to some real or imagined benefit. I don't have any issue the people that own a piece of Apple equipment, I have issue with the people that try to droll on and on about how much better Mac is than Windows without any knowledge of computers or the supposed benefits that they are trying to convince me exist. Believe me, the "stereotype" is very true.
And isn't a bit much to call it a stereotype considering every post about Vista here has someone going on and on about how great OS X is and how much Vista sucks? | |
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4 edits | BS FUD. None of what you claim is true. | |
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| Re: Lies! FUD? Not really. Its a joke. Was never ment to be taken seriously. Relax and listen to your iPod, stroke your one button mouse, hell kiss your pretty Apple logo on the back of your little laptop but for the love of God realize it was a joke. Or not, and simmer in your Holy Anger that not everyone thinks that Apple has anything that resembles a quality product and that Steve Jobs is not some kind of brilliant innovater. | |
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4 edits | Re: Lies! It wasn't a joke and now you're into this spin. You made claims you couldn't support and have no clue what you're talking about.
And of course it was only a matter of time before bring up 1 button mice as virtually all the clueless Apple haters do. They're all playing from the 1990 Gate$ playlist. FYI, Mac OS has had contextual menus since OS 8.6 (that's about 10 years now) but don't let facts get in your way.
Don't like Apple's products, don't buy them. It's really not that hard of a concept to get, but endlessly whining about products who aren't interested in or don't own is simply silly.
It's certainly not inaccurate for a Mac OS user to make the statement that OS X users don't face threats. That is a simple fact that has your panties in a bunch. Get over it.
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1 edit | Re: Lies! said by ColorBASIC :It wasn't a joke and now you're into this spin. You made claims you couldn't support and have no clue what you're talking about. And of course it was only a matter of time before bring up 1 button mice as virtually all the clueless Apple haters do. They're all playing from the 1990 Gate$ playlist. FYI, Mac OS has had contextual menus since OS 8.6 (that's about 10 years now) but don't let facts get in your way. Don't like Apple's products, don't buy them. It's really not that hard of a concept to get, but endlessly whining about products who aren't interested in or don't own is simply silly. It's certainly not inaccurate for a Mac OS user to make the statement that OS X users don't face threats. That is a simple fact that has your panties in a bunch. Get over it. I believe that it's your panties in a bunch. Again, let me add this just because you can't seem to comprehend the word joke. Note the very last line in the definition. If this doesnt work, maybe we can all pitch in and get you a hooked on phonics book.
I do love your amature attempt at psychology by trying to tell me what I was thinking when I wrote the original post. You must be a real expert, or psychic, to be able to deduce what I was thinking. I also love your comment about "spin". Now THAT was funny. Do you actually think I care if some people on a website are angry with me? You think this is some kind of popularity contest? BWAHAHAHAHAHA, now THATS a joke.
One final thing before I give you the definition of joke, which you seem to sorely need. You have said in multiple posts that Macs are only vulnerable in a lab setting and then dared anyone to prove you wrong. You seem to be the "spin" guy here with your last line. Contradicted yourself nicely, I would say. And I believe that you are the one who needs to "get over it".
I could care less if anyone buys Apple products, as I have stated in previous posts. I'll never buy them. They are overpriced and underpowered. Oh, and I don't think the Almighty Jobs needs your defense so you don't need to be making this some kind of personal crusade.
joke (jôk)
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A mischievous trick; a prank.
An amusing or ludicrous incident or situation.
Informal.
Something not to be taken seriously; a triviality: The accident was no joke.
An object of amusement or laughter; a laughingstock: His loud tie was the joke of the office.
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1 edit | Re: Lies! You dizzy yet? | |
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1 edit | Re: Lies! Ahh your next master move, to make no sense. Nice comeback. I'm bored with you now. Goodbye. | |
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4 edits | Re: Lies! Yep, my 3GHz Quad Xeon workstation t'is WAY underpowered. I'm amazed that I can squeak by with only 6GB of RAM and only a single GB of video RAM. But that's not so bad considering it was $700 cheaper than the equivalent Dell and $380 cheaper than buying the equivalent parts from Newegg. Perhaps I could have had something as cool as you have but I spent what little money I had left on an iPhone and these slick Steve Jobs Underoos. But hey, I did get these two very cool white Apple logo stickers so I can show off my obvious superiority to anyone I can get to pay attention. (Now THAT is a joke...my Mac Pro really is fast and I don't have a pair of Steve Jobs Underoos).
Got any more fables in that Apple Hater Handbook of yours?
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| said by AnonShawUser :"That means, the hackers out in the rest of the world simply don't care about Macs. And if they aren't trying to hack it, it's not going to be exploited. Systems don't hack themselves, and the last time I looked, security companies don't actively try to hack systems outside of their safety network. Thus, your Mac security is 100% based on obscurity."
I'll 100% respectfully disagree with your "100% based on obscurity" claim and toss a few questions back at ya.
"There are zero-percent (0%) of viruses for the Mac OS X platform that should, logically, have some 10-16% of the world's viruses if platforms' install bases dictate the numbers of viruses. The fact that Mac OS X has zero (0) viruses in the wild totally discounts "security via obscurity." 23+ million Mac OS X installs is not an "obscure" platform at all, but 6+ years of Mac OS X users surfing unimpeded certainly is "secure." There should be at least some Mac OS X viruses. There are none out there. The reason for this fact is not attributable solely to 'obscurity,' it's attributable to superior security design."
Source: »www.macdailynews.com/index.php/w···_iphone/
Yes, the link is from a well-known fan site, and you're probably eager to brush it off as such, but 23+ MILLION users - and growing? How in the world can that number possibly be considered "obscure"?
And the first person who successfully releases a virus into the wild that significantly affects even ONE Mac will be hailed as a virtual deity in the haxor community, for all eternity. What hacker wouldn't want that sort of world-wide accolade?
And I don't believe for a second that people aren't trying. Otherwise this whole issue wouldn't be garnering such attention in the first place - from all corners.
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2 edits | Re: Lies! That's the thing...installed bases don't dictate the number of viruses.
The fact that Mac OS X have zero viruses in the wild is due to in large part it's small installed base. You aren't going to have 16% of virus writers choose to attack OS X. You'll have each of them choosing to attack platform with the largest installed base as that will give them the biggest return on their time investment.
If Mac OS X represents 50% of the desktop market, THEN you'll see OS X regularly attacked. So long as Mac OS desktop share remains single digits, no one is going to bother attacking it other than to get some money or fame (lab exploits).
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| Wait.. surfing unimpeded? You mean even through all those repeated Safari bugs that have caused them to have to patch more often than Firefox?
And 23 million OSX installs is nothing, when you have to stretch that out over 6 years. Not when you have literally over 250 million windows installs(all the way back to at least win98).
But, I will grant you.. there is heightened security by not locking the browser right to the OS itself. Shame Linux can't take that lesson as well, since I truly hate that design feature, for the same reason I don't use IE on windows. But keep in mind, a lot more windows users don't keep their systems up to date. I've seen far too many times where the OSX patches are deemed critical for security reasons, which readily leads one to believe that if the relatively few Mac users out there weren't keeping their system patched up constantly, there'd be a lot more issues to worry over. | |
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2 edits | Re: Lies! Surfing unimpeded I would think because these lab exploits haven't appeared in the wild. All OSes and browsers have vulnerabilities, but to be a problem they have to be exploited. Because of Safari (and Mac in general) low population and quick patching, no one is bothering to take one of these lab-exploits and put it into practice.
In terms of actual OS X security, it looks to me that Vista is just as secure or more so. If OS X saw the same relentless onslaught that the Windows platform does, you would see the same results we do with Windows and I would be buying and installing a NOD32 for Macintosh.
That's the weirdness, OS X is more secure but not because it's more secure.
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| said by ender7074 :.... Why make any kind of virus or malware for a platform that is less than 10% of the total platforms out there? True that most exploits are now injected to create botnets to do nefarious things. Thus targeting windows users who are the majority of computers makes sense. Most malware runs on XP right now, it's got the biggest penetration, and it's easy to do. (OS X and vista are more secure out of the box.)
If it were easy to create malware for the mac, it would be done also do supplement the botnets. You really think they wouldn't do something easy that would add to their profit. It's just that not a single person on the planet has proven that it's "easy" to build a malware exploit for OS X.
Both Vista and OS X are HUGE targets for the small number of hackers who still care to be the guy who cracks those systems in easy and unique ways. These hackers are working on exploiting OS X and Vista constantly. | |
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| said by ColorBASIC :Show me where malware or virus in the wild hosed Apple products? The difference between Mac and Pee Cee is Pee Cee threats appear in the wild where Mac threats don't. When/if these unpatchable lab-only exploits ever appear in the wild, I as a Mac user will worry about it. Meanwhile, Apple products aren't being hosed, except by a scant few security researchers in their labs. I love how it's always "MAC" vs "PC" and not Windows VS OS X, etc. | |
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| Re: Lies! Kind of ironic now since they all run on basically the same equipment. My absolute favorite was listening to this idiot I worked with go on and on about how crappy PC based architecture is and how the Power PC was going to take over all. This conversation happened a week or so before Intel and Apple announced their unholy marriage. The same idiot, day after this announcement, was going on and on about how great Intel was and how good their equipment is. That was the typical Mac attitude at work. Apparently since Cap'n Steve likes it now its better than sliced bread. | |
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| Re: Lies! said by jaa :I have yet to see any pc exploit in "the wild" destroy my data or obtain my information. Never had any of my friends ever say this happened. In fact, I can't even remember any news reports about someone's pc getting hacked and having their personal information compromised, or data lost. This iphone story is the closest I can remember. Why would people bother looking for technical exploits to gat personal information, when it is so much easier to just ask people for it? Pay »Security Cleanup a visit.
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