Re: This guy cracks me up (OS X Hacks)

[Bob Mahoney <bob () zanshinsecurity com>]

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> I don't think that most truly understand (As others have pointed  
> out) and the OS X users continue living in their utopian world  
> where they *think* that they can't be owned.

Most users don't think about security at ALL, regardless of platform,  
at most feeling vaguely safe or unsafe, depending on their particular  
misunderstandings.   Let's call them The Innocent.

The platform-specific bloggers, apologists, fanatics, security geeks,  
and carnival hucksters feel righteous or defensive, depending on  
their particular misunderstandings.  Let's call them (us?) The Damned.

The Damned do at least one really useful thing:  They publicly argue  
about what's secure and what's not, what the stakes are, what being  
secure really means, and how we should go about getting there.

Look back five or ten years, and you'll see far fewer "civilians"  
considering security issues, let alone arguing about them.  I say  
it's a good thing.  And if the Slightly Less Damned among us can  
nudge things in good directions and discourage the more blatant  
nonsense, then hooray.

- -Bob

PS: The Damned tend to talk too much...  apologies for my part in  
that.  :-)

- --
Bob Mahoney
Zanshin Security, LLC
http://zanshinsecurity.com
PGP: 69F9 FC06 0D53 84D5 6981  B12E 7AF1 C5E2 39C5 EC09


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