A report released this week on AppleInsider details the Pwn2Own hacking contest results indicating that Apple computers are less secure than their WinTel counterparts, but ultimately safer. Apples own marketing touts their products as safer than Windows. The Mayberry Paradox is a term that I use to describe the belief that an inherently insecure environment can be rendered secure by the sheer absence of perceived threats. Apple has taken a similar stance in that there is an assumption that because there isnt much malware, that the platform must be secure.”]
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