Are Macs still more secure than Windows? I presume not, but here are some opinions:
Yes: http://www.zdnet.com/sorry-to-say-that-apple-platforms-are-still-more-secure-7000026880/ Not really: http://blogs.avg.com/business/yes-mac-safer-pcfor/ On Thu, Jul 3, 2014 at 9:51 AM, Barry MacKichan < barry.mackic...@mackichan.com> wrote: > The HeartBleed bug is an example of a serious, unintentional, problem in > an open source package. In that case, even though the software was > available to millions of eyeballs, not that many actually looked at it. I > suspect only the mainstream big programs (such as Apache) are closely > examined. Since I usually find the programs I want through word of mouth > from people I trust, I don't worry much about it and have not yet regretted > it. Also, I use a Mac. > —Barry > > > > > On 3 Jul 2014, at 6:59, Marcus G. Daniels wrote: > > Open source software is less to have spyware or viruses. That's because >> the >> software is in its preferred high-level form - the recipe is published. >> Proprietary software, in contrast, is delivered as a binary. To know >> whether bad stuff is in a binary program, a difficult decompilation and >> reverse engineering process is needed to get back to something like the >> preferred form. Like having to run spectroscopy to find out what is in a >> cake. In the open source case, you just bake your own cake. If you know >> the ingredients are plausible, and the structure of the recipe makes >> sense, >> then you can feel good about having a piece of cake. And even if you are >> not a baker, you may know some bakers that can give an opinion on the >> recipe >> . That doesn't mean there aren't bugs or bad oversights, but malicious >> behavior is harder to hide. >> >> >> >> From: Friam [mailto:friam-boun...@redfish.com] On Behalf Of Nick Thompson >> Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2014 9:43 PM >> To: Friam >> Subject: [FRIAM] Source Forge, inter alia >> >> >> >> Sorry, everybody. >> >> >> >> I guess my question could be stated more broadly, with perhaps some saving >> of your time in the long run. How do I decide if a piece of software, >> available on the internet is safe or not? I guess one can look for >> reviews >> on "reputable" sites, but then how does one recognize a reviewing site as >> reputable. ? I suppose one could look at the webpage of the software >> maker >> and see if the software is being regularly updated, etc. What about the >> site on which the software is hosted? Does that give a clue Does Source >> Forge screen it's software? If so, I couldn't see any sign of that on the >> Source forge page. >> >> >> >> Perhaps if one of you would provide an answer to me on this general >> question, it would you all being bothered by particular versions of it >> later >> on. >> >> >> >> Thanks, >> >> >> >> Nick >> >> >> >> Nicholas S. Thompson >> >> Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Biology >> >> Clark University >> >> http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/ >> >> >> >> ============================================================ >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >> to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >> > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >
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