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On Tue, 07 Oct 2014 21:36:02 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:
On 10/7/2014 9:15 PM, wrote:
My guess is that Harry has his security settings at "come **** me" so
he is auto logged onto everything. He doesn't think anyone can hack an
apple.
I don't know but I suspect the Apple OS is no more "hack proof" than
Microsoft's Windows. In fact, I recently read an article that claimed
that Windows has become much more secure ... even more so than the
latest Apple OSX.
In the past the relatively low number of Macs in use compared to Windows
machines made the hacking not worth the effort. Lately though it seems
that both the iPhone/iPad OS and the OSX used in the computers are
coming under increasing attacks.
Apple used to be safer, simply because most businesses ran windows and
there was more out there worth hacking.
They also publish all of their application interfaces, to encourage 3d
party developers. Gates used that instead of actually trying to write
new software in house. If anyone wrote something decent, he just
bought it. Unfortunately being an open interface lets a bad guy in now
and then.
I get more adverts from friends iPhones these days. There are so many, it
is now worthwhile to write virus, etc. like Luddites wife, people keep
lots of valuable info and passwords on their iPhones, and they use the
phones instead of a dedicated computer.