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Re:Macbook Hacker Charlie Miller: "I have a new campaign. It... by weaksauce on Thursday March 19, 2009 @11:28PM (#524452)
But, at the moment, there are less viruses on them for precisely that reason. Security through popularity is working for the time being. That and linux/unix/os x have the principal of least privileges working for them too.
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Re:Macbook Hacker Charlie Miller: "I have a new campaign. It... by hollerith on Thursday March 19, 2009 @11:51PM (#524474)
Someone does not know what 'principle of least priviledge' means.
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Re:Macbook Hacker Charlie Miller: "I have a new campaign. It... by tptacek on Friday March 20, 2009 @12:04AM (#524490)
No, they don't. We can go through the motions on this "OS X has a better privilege model than Windows" argument, but I know how it'll end: malware doesn't need (or even want) root to win.
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