Comments on: MacBook Air cracked in two minutes http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/03/27/macbook-air-cracked-in-two-minutes/ Gadgets, gear and computer hardware. Mon, 12 May 2008 13:06:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: aa http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/03/27/macbook-air-cracked-in-two-minutes/#comment-626985 aa Fri, 28 Mar 2008 04:29:19 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/03/27/macbook-air-cracked-in-two-minutes/#comment-626985 Or maybe the hackers think the amount of money is not enough :P

Or maybe the hackers think the amount of money is not enough :P

]]> By: James Lewin http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/03/27/macbook-air-cracked-in-two-minutes/#comment-626535 James Lewin Thu, 27 Mar 2008 21:58:11 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/03/27/macbook-air-cracked-in-two-minutes/#comment-626535 Everybody's going to jump on the linkbait Mac angle on this story, but it misses the more interesting story: Nobody was able to hack any of these machines over the network, even with the promise of $10,000. The show organizers had to loosen up the event rules just so that you'd have something to write about. What do you think - does this mean that our OS's are getting more secure, or that these hackers are slackers? Everybody’s going to jump on the linkbait Mac angle on this story, but it misses the more interesting story:

Nobody was able to hack any of these machines over the network, even with the promise of $10,000. The show organizers had to loosen up the event rules just so that you’d have something to write about.

What do you think - does this mean that our OS’s are getting more secure, or that these hackers are slackers?

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