Right. The error in the Security Through Lack of Reward argument is that you can't rely on whatever you think constitutes a reward to a possible attacker. For a lot of attackers, just being vulnerable makes attacking rewarding. The same applies to home intrusions. Sure, you might be safe from people who would want rob you, but that doesn't make you safe from some guy who you pissed off one day and decides to burn your house down.
"Funny. 40 Mac viruses compared to how many PC viruses? 71989 and counting according to Symantec. And the most mentioned causes of problems in security on the Mac Platform? Microsoft products. I rest my case."
Ahh, I see. Because security vulnerabities haven't been exploited means there aren't any! And you rest your case.
Does anyone on this site know logic? It's exactly this smugness that the article is talking about. Just be cautious, that's all. Mac's aren't immune, they are just a lot less popular than Wintel. The number of Mac OS X viruses and worms has more to do with the number of infectable systems on the internet than any sort of feature inherent in Mac OS X.
I think the trend as far as the military goes is that whatever new technology is invented, the enemy of that military also eventually gets it's hands on it, keeping the balance of power. This way you'll have the state of never-ending war that you apparently desire.
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Right. The error in the Security Through Lack of Reward argument is that you can't rely on whatever you think constitutes a reward to a possible attacker. For a lot of attackers, just being vulnerable makes attacking rewarding. The same applies to home intrusions. Sure, you might be safe from people who would want rob you, but that doesn't make you safe from some guy who you pissed off one day and decides to burn your house down.
"Funny. 40 Mac viruses compared to how many PC viruses? 71989 and counting according to Symantec. And the most mentioned causes of problems in security on the Mac Platform? Microsoft products. I rest my case."
Ahh, I see. Because security vulnerabities haven't been exploited means there aren't any! And you rest your case.
Does anyone on this site know logic? It's exactly this smugness that the article is talking about. Just be cautious, that's all. Mac's aren't immune, they are just a lot less popular than Wintel. The number of Mac OS X viruses and worms has more to do with the number of infectable systems on the internet than any sort of feature inherent in Mac OS X.
"Or maybe I'm just and old hippy, past my sell-by date..." Don't you mean sell-out date?
Wow, you sound kind of psycho when browsing at +1 threshhold :)
I think the trend as far as the military goes is that whatever new technology is invented, the enemy of that military also eventually gets it's hands on it, keeping the balance of power. This way you'll have the state of never-ending war that you apparently desire.