Most companies will downplay any negative aspect of their product; it's pretty normal, part of the survival aspect of an organization. Microsoft has done the sa

Most companies will downplay any negative aspect of their product; it's pretty normal, part of the survival aspect of an organization. Microsoft has done the same thing a few times as well. http://www.zdnet.com/blog/security/microsoft-downplays-bitlocker-password-leakage/1841 http://www.zdnet.com/blog/security/microsoft-downplays-bitlo... http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9133248/Microsoft_confirms_serious_IIS_bug_downplays_threat?intsrc=news_ts_head http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9133248/Microsoft_con... I'm more surprised at the fact that Apple decided to actually confirm the existence of a back door in their product (even though they are "misleading" (as stated in the article) about what really is at risk here). The fact that Apple was downplaying this tells me they haven't realized that a product, especially operating systems and computers, depends a lot on the userbase; if the userbase is kept ignorant then Apple will keep itself in its 'comfortable zone' since its not being pushed by the users to improve. Nonetheless, its still pretty good that Apple has confirmed this, baby steps I guess.