Macs are following the same user model that everyone else is nowadays.
Admin users aren't admin except for some very short periods of time when the effectively sudo to a more privileged account.
I could get into the nitty-gritty, but I don't think it needed.
And yes, the popularity = cracking argument is an oversimplification. But it works in most cases.
As Catty said it's all about ROI, the fact that most end users are less educated about threats than they need to be means that the more popular OSs have a
larger target pool to phish from.
correlation doesn't imply causation, but there is normaly some sort of link between the two
And if anyone needs proof of the fact that macs could be hacked just like windows boxes, feel free to google "pwn 2 own" where safari on the mac has
fallen on the first day every year.
-Terry
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"so listen up boy, or pornography starring your mother will be the second worst thing to happen to you today"
TF2: Spy
Admin users aren't admin except for some very short periods of time when the effectively sudo to a more privileged account.
I could get into the nitty-gritty, but I don't think it needed.
And yes, the popularity = cracking argument is an oversimplification. But it works in most cases.
As Catty said it's all about ROI, the fact that most end users are less educated about threats than they need to be means that the more popular OSs have a
larger target pool to phish from.
correlation doesn't imply causation, but there is normaly some sort of link between the two
And if anyone needs proof of the fact that macs could be hacked just like windows boxes, feel free to google "pwn 2 own" where safari on the mac has
fallen on the first day every year.
-Terry
-----
"so listen up boy, or pornography starring your mother will be the second worst thing to happen to you today"
TF2: Spy