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As MS has proved time and time again, black box "security" is no security at all.
- by Seaspray0 August 4, 2008 11:48 AM PDT
- Apple rhetoric has always been "don't acknowledge any security flaws and then they won't exist. Only the other guys have security flaws." Yea, right... "especially with Apple recently found to have the most security vulnerabilities by an IBM research team." Decider will be happy to deny any kind of security vulnerability. So, are you going to listen to the fanboys or are you going to take the steps needed to protect your computer? The truth: there is no such thing as a totaly secure operating system.
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- by The_Decider August 4, 2008 12:53 PM PDT
- Show us the last OSX exploit that traveled around outside a lab.
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(3 Comments)Like usual, you misunderstand. No one denies that OSX has had vulnerabilities(only idiots like you say we do), it is the very simple fact that OSX is almost 10 years old and has never had an in the wild exploit that spreads around.
Not one.
I know you won't understand this either, but there ya go.