Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

To: Swordmaker

Excuses. Fact OSX has been the first hacked. And it’s not like the Russians and Chinese don’t have guys as smart as NASA. So it doesn’t make the mac more secure by being obscure.


25 posted on 03/20/2015 5:32:56 PM PDT by for-q-clinton (If at first you don't succeed keep on sucking until you do succeed)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 12 | View Replies ]


To: for-q-clinton
Excuses. Fact OSX has been the first hacked. And it’s not like the Russians and Chinese don’t have guys as smart as NASA. So it doesn’t make the mac more secure by being obscure.

It is not a timed contest, for-q-clinton. . . it just mattered who got the first choice of which computer to take a stab at. First Shmish! These "hacks" also required the active participation of the user. . . the "referees" had to invoke them on the targeted computer. . . to go download a file and run it. Sorry. Not much of a hack when it is basically a trojan. The "security by obscurity" canard is false. . . and has been shot down by examples such as the Witty Worm and other examples in the Windows world. Sorry, no banana for you.

26 posted on 03/20/2015 6:58:39 PM PDT by Swordmaker (This tag line is a Microsoft insult free zone... but if the insults to Mac users contnue...)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 25 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson