On Jul 31, 2009, at 4:41 PM, mike wrote:
Too true. Marketshare in itself does not imply security or lack
of. But
logic does seem to dictate that those who go after the insecure
OS's go
after the one with larger marketshare since they don't seem to go
after the
one with smaller marketshare which has been proven to be no more
secure. As
has been said time and time again, OS X is security by obscurity,
not by
design. But the end result for the user is more security just the
same.
1) Why go for the unlikely explanation and tortuous logic when there
is a direct and simple explanation?
People find potential problems in all operating systems and
manufacturers issue patches all the time. Potential is not actual. If
you can't tell the difference you are living in fantasy land.
Meanwhile, Windows gets compromised all the time and there are
hundreds of real exploits in the wild. As I mentioned earlier, the "I
Love You" virus was huge and it was written by a student taking his
first programming course. It takes not genius to do this. Windows is
exploited a lot because it is so easy.
2) You do your cause no credit by spouting untruths.
Much of the Mac OS is open source UNIX. Apple's browser, Safari, is
open-source WebKit. Apache is open source. MySQL is open source. Etc.
Etc. Macs come loaded with open source software. It is not "security
by obscurity" it is security by good engineering.
I was just reading in Politico about the con/neocon "birthers" and I
could not help making the connection with the false debating tactics
and obfuscations the WFBs spread in this List. Politico called it "no-
nothing evasion" and "seeking shelter... behind rhetorical figments."
I could not have said it better.
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