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It's actually kind of surprising this is the first occurrence of ransomware on Apple's platform. It seems Macs are still, at least to some degree, protected b
by valine 11y ago
It's actually kind of surprising this is the first occurrence of ransomware on Apple's platform. It seems Macs are still, at least to some degree, protected by security through obscurity.
- briandear 11y agoIs that true? Or is it that the Mac App Store makes this sort of thing very difficult? Say what you want about walled gardens, but for the vast majority of users it does have value.
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- valine 11y agoHardly anyone uses the Mac App Store. The iPhone App Store is orders of magnitude more successful. From a developers perspective it's all but impossible to turn a reasonable profit. Source: http://www.macrumors.com/2015/05/07/redacted-mac-app-profits/ http://www.macrumors.com/2015/05/07/redacted-mac-app-profits...
- tptacek 11y agoIt's less "security through obscurity" than it is "security through not being worth attacking". If that's changed, it's only changed recently.