Originally Posted By: Mystic
Sorry, I was not intending a low blow.
I own a Windows computer and an Apple iMac. I am concerned about Apple security also. I visit a lot of security websites and I highly recommend Threatpost, The Safe Mac, Krebs on Security, etc.
Security issues are possible on a Mac. The Flashback Trojan affected one out of every one hundred Macs running Mac OS X in the world. Some 600,000 computers. It is still true that there is very little malware affecting Macs. I think that would change if Macs become more common place.
More likely targets are Android devices and iPhones. There are already security concerns about Android stuff and there are interesting articles online about iPhone security.
Funny you mention this. It's because of the lessened likelihood of acquiring a virus which led me to buy an iPhone.
Then I got an iPod,which was very easily tethered and sync'd to each other,and very simple to do as well,which for a guy like me who isn't really computer literate,and since the simplicity was noted and loved its why I've bought IPads too.
I didn't even have an email addy until I bought my first iPhone. It was the 3. I rarely/never surfed the net. I checked in on fb periodically but that was the extent of my Internet experience.
Because my iPhone required me to have an email addy I of course got one,and the rest is pretty much history.
Steve Jobs really did fulfil his dream of making technology accessible to any and everyone.
If not for my first iPhone I'd likely still be using a flip phone.
I think back on that awakening for me,the Internet,accessible,for a guy like me who really never imagined I'd have any interest on what the net has available.
Hindsight eh.
Anyways back to security my friends and family were always having to pay for virus protection or else they were taking them in to get wiped.
Even the android phones I'm seeing some guys,who won't admit it but I'm sure its porn,having to take them in for whatever they have to do to eliminate the issues.
I've never had a virus or any issue whatsoever with any of my apple products,and because of their ability to tie into each other all the apps I use and contacts,pics,data and whatever else can be accessed from any of my devices,anytime.
I certainly understand why that could pose a problem though.
I don't keep any banking or credit card info on my devices,nor do I bank online,nor is anything but my name and address in my devices themselves. I've got my bank stuff memorized,so that's a non issue as well as my identity details,like health card number,drivers licence number and of course social insurance as well as my birth certificate numbers,all in my head.
Glad my heads not part of the cloud though.