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Army Buys Macs to Beef Up Security

Posted by Zonk on from the shiny-red-firewall dept.

agent_blue writes "The Army is integrating Macs into their IT network to thwart hack attempts. The Mac platform, they argue, is more secure because there are fewer attacks against OS X than Windows-based systems. 'Military procurement has long been driven by cost and availability of additional software--two measures where Macintosh computers have typically come up short against Windows-based PCs. Then there have been subtle but important barriers: For instance, Macintosh computers have long been incompatible with a security keycard-reading system known as Common Access Cards system, or CAC, which is heavily used by the military. The Army's Apple program, created [in 2005], is working to change that.'"

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  1. One small step by kryliss · · Score: 5, Funny

    One small step for Mac one giant leap for Mac kind.

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  2. Re:but by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hey I'm gay you insensitive clod... wait no...!!! That joke backfired horribly!!

  3. Re:but by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    There's no rule against being a Mac user in the military. You're just not allowed to tell people that you're a Mac user, and they're not allowed to ask if you're a Mac user.