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In practice, doing your computing on a Mac is more secure than Windows.

What (some) Mac users are in denial about is the reason for that security.
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No  toadlife | 04/24/07
I agree 100% toadlife  Scrat | 04/25/07
so scrat your saying  SO.CAL Guy | 04/25/07
No, I'm not saying that at all! Re-read the post  Scrat | 04/26/07
Prove it...  fr0thy2. | 04/25/07
BSD Password file  jc williams | 04/26/07
Compareing to most MS Windows XP, yes!  Jxn | 04/27/07
No, they're not in denial... just generally more secure  merlin747 | 04/24/07
Key words: "Years ago"  ye | 04/24/07
You can hypothesize about ratios all you want,  Kid Icarus-21097050858087920245213802267493 | 04/24/07
There are 10,000 "facts" backing up what I said.  ye | 04/24/07
Ok, again let me see some facts that support both,  Kid Icarus-21097050858087920245213802267493 | 04/24/07
The $10,000  toadlife | 04/24/07
Yes, sure it may have helped him,  Kid Icarus-21097050858087920245213802267493 | 04/24/07
Oh for Christ's sake jaytheo, WAKE UP  Scrat | 04/25/07
Oh, geez, here we go again,  Kid Icarus-21097050858087920245213802267493 | 04/25/07
Careful there  toadlife | 04/24/07
Putting the words 'logic' and 'ZDNet'...  Scrat | 04/25/07
The hacking contest was a sham!  MacGeek2121 | 04/25/07
How is it 1000 times safer?  ye | 04/25/07
Well  Len Rooney | 04/25/07
User Interaction?  wcb42ad | 04/25/07
In answer to your question  rpmyers1 | 04/24/07
I stand corrected...  ye | 04/24/07
You never do any research , you just start foaming at the mouth.  Intellihence | 04/24/07
Pot. Kettle. Black.  M.R. Kennedy | 04/24/07
If anything this same issue affects Windows users .  Intellihence | 04/25/07
OK, but  Len Rooney | 04/25/07
Crystal Balls are unreliable  fuzzy2k | 04/25/07
wow you do have a good magic 8 ball!  jjarman | 04/25/07
People like you aren't in denial - just ignorant  toadlife | 04/24/07
Prove it  fr0thy2. | 04/25/07
As long as...  D. T. Schmitz | 04/24/07
Well said  jc williams | 04/26/07
More perpetuating myths  tic swayback | 04/24/07
Here are the facts:  ye | 04/24/07
Maybe, because no one else looked exactly where he did. (nt)  Kid Icarus-21097050858087920245213802267493 | 04/24/07
Why didn't he look earlier?  ye | 04/24/07
Nobody said he waited till that day to look for exploits.  Kid Icarus-21097050858087920245213802267493 | 04/24/07
He wasn't looking for exploits, he was looking for vulnerabilties  ye | 04/24/07
Sorry, Nobody said he waited till that day to look for vulnerabilities.  Kid Icarus-21097050858087920245213802267493 | 04/24/07
It's not the vulnerability that's of interest.  ye | 04/24/07
Actually, what you were implying earlier, was that there was no interest,  Kid Icarus-21097050858087920245213802267493 | 04/24/07
He's the only one that matters right now.  ye | 04/25/07
Funny thing you didn't get to mention .  Intellihence | 04/24/07
So do most organized attacks  fr0thy2. | 04/25/07
You never answerd Tic Swaybacks question . Why ?  Intellihence | 04/24/07
Why, why, why?  tic swayback | 04/24/07
Talk to Leopard Boy  M.R. Kennedy | 04/24/07
Harder to find OS X flaws?  ye | 04/25/07
No, he didn't  tic swayback | 04/25/07
Who cares if it's in OS X?  ye | 04/25/07
Very nicely put and VERY true!!  NonZealot | 04/25/07
Accuracy is important  tic swayback | 04/25/07
Mac users consider vulnerabilities in Office flaws in Windows  ye | 04/25/07
I would LOVE to see this conversation!!  NonZealot | 04/25/07
Sort of  tic swayback | 04/25/07
No, I wouldn't say...  ye | 04/25/07
Be fair  tic swayback | 04/25/07
I've suggest the most likely reason already: Lack of incentive  ye | 04/25/07
What incentive is lacking?  tic swayback | 04/25/07
re: What incentive is lacking  Badgered | 04/25/07
I can't answer that.  ye | 04/25/07
Now I'm confused  tic swayback | 04/25/07
You CANNOT remove IE from Windows!  Kid Icarus-21097050858087920245213802267493 | 04/25/07
Thanks  tic swayback | 04/26/07
Nobody makes those distinctions when it's a WMP or IE bug  notsofast | 04/25/07
Easy answer  tic swayback | 04/25/07
Double Standard?  wcb42ad | 04/25/07
Because you guys are allegedly better than us  tic swayback | 04/25/07
With that statement you've just increased Windows security almost...  ye | 04/25/07
Re: tic  frgough | 04/25/07
Naming one  tic swayback | 04/25/07
Show me an exploit for either that...  ye | 04/25/07
Myth building ala Microsoft-style  YinToYourYang-22527499 | 04/24/07
Myth building YinToYourYang style  M.R. Kennedy | 04/24/07
This article is talking about Mac users, not Apple  YinToYourYang-22527499 | 04/25/07
Excellent point about the article.  jjarman | 04/25/07
CanSecWest sponsor(s)  3D0G | 04/25/07
Sorry, no  tic swayback | 04/25/07
Agreed  3D0G | 04/25/07
Who cares if Microsoft sponsored it or not?  ye | 04/25/07
You have to 'consider the source'  comp_indiana | 04/25/07
Source is irrelevant.  ye | 04/25/07
Honest question  frgough | 04/25/07
I am not aware of any.  ye | 04/25/07
So...  rapson | 04/25/07
Typical...  fr0thy2. | 04/25/07
I have to agree with you... ... maybe windows users are underconfident  el1jones | 04/25/07
maybe windows users are underconfident  SO.CAL Guy | 04/25/07
Common sense  tic swayback | 04/25/07
No  Kid Icarus-21097050858087920245213802267493 | 04/24/07
Don't sweat it man .  Intellihence | 04/24/07
Misinterpretation  3D0G | 04/24/07
Nothing false about it  tic swayback | 04/24/07
What I meant...  3D0G | 04/25/07
Some justification  tic swayback | 04/25/07
Mac Like Private Schools  fr0thy2. | 04/25/07
Patches mean attacks?  tic swayback | 04/25/07
This Mac user is just realistic, dunno about the rest.  Fred Fredrickson | 04/24/07
Mac is taking marketshare away from Windows  comp_indiana | 04/25/07
While you frothing at the mouth  fr0thy2. | 04/25/07
Excellant! Very Well Said  fr0thy2. | 04/25/07
Apple Security  brble | 04/24/07
Being too generous  YinToYourYang-22527499 | 04/24/07
Being too Mac-centric  brble | 04/25/07
2 Solutions to Settliing the OS X security Question  rolla_ifs@... | 04/24/07
re:2 Solutions to Settliing the OS X security Question  Intellihence | 04/24/07
This has nothing to do with Microsoft, stay on the topic thread  Scrat | 04/25/07
Here is my proof , now put up or shut up .  Intellihence | 04/25/07
Not at all.  Scrat | 04/25/07
This has everything to do with Microsoft (as stated in the ARTICLE)...  el1jones | 04/25/07
Don't be so ridiculous to stoop to new levels of low  Scrat | 04/25/07
... said the Troll (nt)  el1jones | 04/25/07
No answer huh? Thought so...  Scrat | 04/26/07
How often do you beat your wife?  comp_indiana | 04/25/07
agree  jjarman | 04/25/07
How much?  crash89 | 04/25/07
Mac hack also affects windows !  Intellihence | 04/25/07
See Intellihence, even other Mac users think you are retarded...  Scrat | 04/25/07
I am a Mac user and I find him embarrassing.  ye | 04/25/07
I would like to agree, BUT...  el1jones | 04/25/07
Opinions are like a**holes. Everyone has one.  YinToYourYang-22527499 | 04/24/07
True  dolph0291 | 04/25/07
Adrian, I think his name is Dino Dai Zovi (NT)  Scrat | 04/25/07
Spelling corrected  David Grober ZDNet Moderator | 04/25/07
Actually, no, you didn't correct it.  Scrat | 04/25/07
Just to put the record straight  Scrat | 04/25/07
So in reality...  tic swayback | 04/25/07
Evidence Tic?  Scrat | 04/25/07
Are we reading the same talkbacks?  tic swayback | 04/25/07
Can you point out one....  el1jones | 04/25/07
Apple didn't parade OS X, CANSECWEST set up a publicity stunt *NM*  comp_indiana | 04/25/07
Okay  dolph0291 | 04/25/07
Get a life  robbyx | 04/25/07
Setting the record even straighter  NonZealot | 04/25/07
Could you back that up NZ?  Scrat | 04/25/07
This hack used the shell  NonZealot | 04/25/07
The hack used Quicktime and Java  Scrat | 04/25/07
Reread what I wrote  NonZealot | 04/25/07
PLEASE  dolph0291 | 04/25/07
re: PLEASE  Badgered | 04/25/07
So...  UbiquitousGeek | 04/25/07
hold on a minute  glennyboiwpg | 04/25/07
I deffinitly think Mac users are in denial...  ju1ce | 04/25/07
Microsoft's fatwah against Apple  YinToYourYang-22527499 | 04/25/07
Marketshare  robbyx | 04/25/07
SELinux / AppArmor  D. T. Schmitz | 04/25/07
Ridiculous parroting...  decuser | 04/25/07
hurray a brain  jjarman | 04/25/07
Brilliant!  robbyx | 04/25/07
Why is it ridiculous?  eb276 | 04/25/07
good question  jjarman | 04/25/07
amazing  decuser | 04/26/07
It's the software stack, stupid!  financegozu | 04/25/07
Why the poor articles ZDNet?  jjarman | 04/25/07
This was a rigged test  jsheeha@... | 04/25/07
Yes and no.  Resuna | 04/25/07
Macintosh: Security Through Obscurity  SteveMak | 04/25/07
Crap  robbyx | 04/25/07
Stop the Denial!!  ehielema@... | 04/25/07
Denial?  mlindl | 04/25/07
Mac OS X is still better than Windows  jradzano@... | 04/25/07
Apple needs to make security its #1 priority  robbyx | 04/25/07
No Root or Admin Access  robbyx | 04/25/07
First of all they had to "dumb-down" the contest after the 1st day  usc1801 | 04/25/07
Fact or Crap? Crap.  UbiquitousGeek | 04/25/07
Well, it took the hacker long enough  labarker | 04/25/07
Must be nice to have so few problems that you can be in denial...  jjarman | 04/25/07
Macs are simply safer  hriik | 04/25/07
The end is coming soon(er)  shenefeltg@... | 04/25/07
They are indeed in denial.  angrykeyboarder | 04/26/07
Mac security...  davekenz@... | 04/26/07
In Denial  jstrings@... | 04/26/07
Critical mass - believe it!  jstrings@... | 04/26/07
Bring it on, YOU HACK!!  JoeBob_z | 04/27/07

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