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Re:The level of Mac malware is not acceptable, says Apple ex... by dijit on Thursday May 20, 2021 @10:23AM (#27221461)
But iPhones have a much higher install base and have less malware than OSX or windows.

Obviously the reason is because it’s locked down- but it belies the point a little to say that something has a large install base therefore it’s attacked more therefor it’s insecure. The opposite should be true but we take it for a given that it can’t be- when we have evidence to the contrary in other areas.

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Re:The level of Mac malware is not acceptable, says Apple ex... by ghaff on Thursday May 20, 2021 @10:36AM (#27221650)
The statement is a bit confusing but I think he's basically saying that: In spite of the fact that the Mac isn't a particular malware target (presumably because of some combination of its market share/security model), it still gets more malware than iOS does--so applying the MacOS security model to iOS wouldn't work."
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