[Leonard210]

Apple has become public enemy #1 for many black hatters in no small part because of Jobs arrogant stance that his OS is immune to the security flaws, and in essence daring the black hatters to give it a go. Be careful what you ask for Steve.....

It is my understanding that no one, I repeat NO ONE, hacks a Mac because no one cares about their paltry market share. It's called "security by obscurity" and is proved to be the REAL reason that Macs haven't been hacked. That said, when did the tide turn. I mean, at what point did the "black hatters" decide to take a shine to Apple. The "arrogant stance" you refer to is not new. So what REALLY got to these guys? I believe, my dear Space Wrangler, that have unknowingly stumbled onto a conspiracy of monumental proportions. This "black hatter" community MUST have been bought off for the past six years. Yet, how did Jobs do it? It boggles, I tell ya'. (BTW, when the Big One hits, it will be a drop in the bucket compared to the sheer volume of security issues faced by Windows users. I run both and I MUST run anti-virus and all sort of system protection gadgets to assure a clean Windows system. We may need it on the Mac some day, but it will take a deluge of attacks to ever approach what MS has wrought.)

[Space Wrangler]

You interrupted your lovemaking session with your Mac to type all of that?? Back to it now.

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It is my understanding that no one, I repeat NO ONE, hacks a Mac because no one cares about their paltry market share. It's called "security by obscurity" and is proved to be the REAL reason that Macs haven't been hacked...

"Ignorance can be cured" Redux! (SM, I should have pinged you on the last post to the Clinton guy. my apology for improper form.)

I guess you haven't bothered to read this thread, huh? Macs are SECURE against the numerous ATTEMPTS to infect them. As of now, there are NO (read that as ZERO) successful attacks on OSX/any version. It isn't "obscurity", it is because it is a well designed (can we call it elegant?) codex, with lots of built-in safeguards.

Do you really think you fool anyone with "WE may need it on the mac some day"?

Do you understand the meaning of FUD?