Where have you been? All the macbots and apple zealots that don’t really know anything about computers think it’s hack proof.
But in this case the iPad wasn’t hacked it was ATT servers that gave out the info, but Apple required that info to register the iPad and they chose to do business with ATT as teh sole provider so they share the blame.
Heck if we can blame Obama for the Oil spill clean up failure we can easily blame Apple for this.
LOL. Of course they probably think their Macs are hack proof if they don’t know anything about computers. They are just going on empirical information.
Many Mac users have never, ever, in years of use suffered a virus or malware. Those of us who know about these things know they are out there, we know they exist, and we know they could infect a Mac, but...who could blame those ignorant Mac users for thinking they are invulnerable? Most have never purchased virus protection. (I use a Mac among other things, and purchased virus protection at some time, but ended up throwing it away.)
And you must admit, a PC user would have to be a blithering idiot if you ever heard them say their PC was “hack proof”. They have the long experience to know the truth. One of the problems I see in fixing PCs for people, is that they sometimes have multiple versions of virus protection from different vendors running at the same time, occasionally in addition to some malware that is masquerading as virus protection that the poor person installed by clicking on “Yes, I want to protect my PC which is under attack”.
The point is, in the same way that people who live in regions that have numerous and destructive earthquakes darn well better know and understand there is danger just living there and you must prepare, people who live in places where there is really no history in their lifetimes of ever having an earthquake could hardly be faulted for thinking they are immune.
Of course, all it takes is one big earthquake in New England to demonstrate that point...:)
Heck...it it is for entertainment value...sure. I engage in that same thing with Obama on occasion, but the problem is, it is never just entertainment with him.
He is guilty of every damn thing that has happened, and then some.
I had to register my Droid with a Gmail address. And I’ll blame Verizon if Verizon’s servers give out my email address.
I have seen such phrases as "more secure" and "wheres the viruses?" as well as the occasional, but rare, "should have bought a Mac comment when a Windows user complained about their own woes... I've even seen a small handful of dares to send a functional virus (or other malware) to an Apple user. But I just don't recall reading anything that claimed that Apple's OS was completely hack-proof.
The fact is - and has been posted before, the Apple's OS, particularly in the last couple of years, has proven to be far more secure than Windows releases in the same time. While no OS is "hack-proof", when an OS is built upon an incredibly secure foundation (UNIX), it comes with inherent security.
And I am still waiting for a real breach of OS X security...