On Fri, Dec 25, 2009 at 10:59:08AM -0500, Mark Roberts wrote: > Joseph McAllister wrote: > >> > >> Just in case anyone takes Cotty seriously, all the things I mentioned > >> above apply to all operating systems. > >> > >> Than again, maybe he meant "PC" as in "Politically Correct" :) > > > > > >No, it's something that Windows users spend time thinking about, and > >OS-X people do not.
Then their attitude of smug superiority is going to bite them someday. (And serve them right, too, if you ask me). > >Have not had anything in any message hurt my computers ever. Nor have I. And my Windows Notebook occasionally gets plugged in to a fairly hostile environment (wireless networks at hotels, etc.) > >Back in the days of the floppy disk, I was able to get a few uninvited > >worms and like nasties, 15 years ago. The only one I ever saw personally was introduced that way, on a work computer - somebody rebooted it with an infected floppy in the drive. > >My Macs have never worn any rubbers. > > Again: The privacy-invasion and tracking tricks used in > HTML/Javascript email work on ALL operating systems. Quite. At present Windows is the #1 target because it's widespread, and the O/S most often found in the hands of naive users. After that come the "social engineering" scams (phishing, etc.). But there are several exploits aimed at Unix and derivatives going around, quite apart from the O/S-independent attacks mentioned above. I've personally encountered a Linux-based attack (at one of the sites I use for hosting), valthough that's probably a softer target than OS/X because the source code is widely available. But eventually Macs are going to become a large enough target that some effort will be put into trying to compromise them. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
