On 01/08/2010 01:22 AM, mike wrote:
> But the point is they are all insecure, windows isn't more or less secure
> than say OS X, it just appears that way because OS X isn't attacked.  Which
> of course is security by obscurity, but that wasn't what we are talking
> about.

I'm not sure that OS X is just more secure by obscurity.  Yes, during
the hacker conferences, Macs get pwned but if life were really that
simple for most hackers, nobody would be on the internet or exchanging
files. Consider for example the recently "discovered" "God" mode on
Windows 7, and the sad part is that a Microsoft spokes-individual
actually admitted that there were more.  Those are all security holes if
not implemented properly.  I can't think of a comparable problem on Macs
and Linux & BSDs both are constantly upgrading because of security
risks, but the only god mode for them is a silly admin.

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