Mac and Vista hacked, but Linux remained secure in hacking competition

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epsilon72 on 29 March 2008

Security through obscurity = fail.

Rock on open source!

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Goddbless on 29 March 2008

Kasz216 said:

NintendoMan said:
I'm not so surprised about Vista but I though Mac was more secure. It seems Linux users have every right to boast now.

Nope. It's just nobody bothers to try and hack mac's because they're insignficant.

Given equal motivation it's probably easier to hack a Mac since most Mac system flaws are likely overlooked generation to generation because nobody is bothering to look for them.

Lots of people fail to realize this. I tried explaining it to a few people at my job but it was useless! They all believe everything Apple makes is the best.

Love the product, not the company. They love your money, not you.

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Goddbless said:

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Lots of people fail to realize this. I tried explaining it to a few people at my job but it was useless! They all believe everything Apple makes is the best.

What little security the Mac has is probably down to its (limited) use of free, open-source software like BSD and X.Org.

Ubuntu. Linux for human beings.

If you are interested in trying Ubuntu or Linux in general, PM me and I will answer your questions and help you install it if you wish.