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I would love to see stats on how many infections happen per platform based on this virus, since it's on both Windows and OS X. I would expect to see a higher p

• X-Istence 14y ago
  I don't think any of this has to do with higher level of paranoia. The same reason Windows machines are vulnerable to social engineering attacks are the same reason OS X is vulnerable to it. --- Hey, I want to watch this video/movie/clip/trailer but I need to download and install this tool first, alright, click click click, hey, my trailer didn't show up. On to the next website I go. --- There is no good way to stop crap like this either, the user is willingly installing it themselves, people hate the walled garden that iOS has become, and that OS X is becoming with the App Store, yet that is one of the ways that the OS can be secured. You have people up in arms about it being closed off or being inaccessible because of these new restrictions, but at the same time people want to be able to install whatever they want. Whitelisting is the only real secure way to make sure that the wrong app doesn't run. Blacklisting means you are always chasing the ball and the target.
  • Samuel_Michon 14y ago
    "people hate the walled garden that iOS has become, and that OS X is becoming with the App Store [...] You have people up in arms about it being closed off or being inaccessible" 'People' say a lot of things. I've personally never heard a non-geek complain about Apple's 'walled garden'. Mac and iOS device sales are higher than ever.