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Both Macs and Windows Systems are Vulnerable
to sufficiently determined and skilled attacks.

Anyone claiming invulnerability -- or near-invulnerability -- for any operating system, whether Vista, Windows XP, Windows 200, Mac OSX, UNIX, or anything else, is fundamentally uninformed about IT security.

I suggest "The Cuckoo's Egg" by Clifford Stoll as an eye-opening glimpse into just how constant the struggle is between IT security and skilled hackers.

For me, the sole reason for abandoning Windows for Macs (after 22 years of dedicated Microsoft business) is Microsoft's adoption of unreliable but constant product validation and kill switches that have resulted in unfounded denial-of-use for legitimate registered users.
Posted by: Cardhu   Posted on: 04/25/07 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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"Macs are vulnerable by default" - what a great headline  A.Typical Zork | 04/24/07
Yeah, what a load of trash. I've used a Mac since 1986  labarker | 04/25/07
Well, that puts a lot of people at ease  markdean | 04/25/07
i think his point was...  jjarman | 04/25/07
Point is:  MacGeek2121 | 04/25/07
Apple a small enough target?  rgathercoal@... | 05/04/07
No fanboys here to dispute the story.  mustangj36@... | 04/24/07
whenever there is fault to be placed...  linuxoverwindows | 04/25/07
Blame Java!  MacGeek2121 | 04/25/07
Where's the followup  Freebird54 | 04/25/07
Hmmm... Java huh?  slylabs13 | 04/25/07
?????????  rkuhn040172@... | 04/25/07
Zombe Windows Systems  lightandshadow | 04/25/07
Interesting  Boot_Agnostic | 04/25/07
Not Root Access  lightandshadow | 04/25/07
wow...so many fluff stories on this one sideshow  jjarman | 04/25/07
/agree  fuzzy2k | 04/25/07
Both Macs and Windows Systems are Vulnerable  Cardhu | 04/25/07
At least they can't get at MY DOG,  Feldwebel Wolfenstool | 04/25/07
OK thats 21 for Apple, and 650 fo Windows.....  rbert16000 | 04/25/07
As they said, that's 21 you know about  Heatlesssun1 | 04/25/07
Now to count the amount of smack talked  GekiritZ | 04/25/07
Zealotry and Name-Calling  Cardhu | 04/29/07
Again, the 2% solution  jc williams | 04/25/07
Not an opinion, a question  bathswife | 04/25/07
legitimate hacking  chickenbob2002 | 04/25/07
It's done by "honest" hackers.  JoeBob_z | 04/27/07
Mac hack  josjoslyn | 04/25/07
Get your facts in line  Doug_Alder | 04/25/07
About time the SMUG Mac Users got some come-uppance  Jeff Hayes | 04/25/07
No smugness  ehwood | 04/25/07
I Must Be Missing Something Here...  kbuscho | 04/25/07
You just sunk your own boat  Media Whore | 04/26/07
You Sunk Your Own Boat??  combrink | 04/26/07
Track record speaks for itself  lightandshadow | 04/26/07
Why do you uncritically repeat BS propaganda  JoeBob_z | 04/27/07
Apple User since 1986  dks_z | 04/29/07
PC User since 1986  thumpz99 | 05/01/07

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