Lots of Macs sold = new hacker target?
- July 24th, 2008
- 4 Comments
Could the Mac be the next big “hacker” target? Apparently one corner-office analyst thinks so, and that, in turn, is freaking The Times out.
Part of the reason for Apple’s terrific second quarter was because of the record number of Macs sold. More and more Macs out there, we’re led to believe, means that the platform is the next big hacker target.
What’s most troubling—the story really isn’t all that troubling, to be honest—is that many of these new Mac owners are the type of people who are allergic to firewalls and don’t know a damn thing about Internet security. (Incidentally, I’m an Internet security expert.)
Bottom line, turn your Mac’s firewall on and don’t do stupid stuff online; you’re not a winner, don’t click the flashy “claim prize now!” graphic.
Eric (Who am I?)
4 months ago
You know what really pisses off Mac users more than anything?
Repeating old stories over and over again and pretending like this is some new idea. It’s NOT.
And second in line is the lame, dated, ill-concieved idea that we Mac users are ignorant of security. No, we are not. We know our Firewalls are turned on by default when we fire up our Macs for the first time. You Windows users aren’t used to that kind of thing I suppose.
Security expert? Obviously not with Macs. Go to Mac World San Francisco this January and take a class. Maybe you’ll learn something.
Steve Jabs (Who am I?)
4 months ago
Would you like some more whine with your cheese?
MB (Who am I?)
4 months ago
Why can’t nerds get a fuckin life? You know, just because you guys can’t get laid don’t take it out on us by destroying our computers.
Partners in Grime (Who am I?)
3 months ago
Apple has a chance to break the 10 million Macs sold mark this year.