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[Dave]

The iPad has suffered a major security breach.

Ohhhhh, so all that nonsense about Apple being impervious to security issues really is about popularity. Microsoft? Popular, therefore a target. Apple? The new popular, therefore the new target.

[monogodo]

Dave, I'm ashamed of you. Surely you read the entire article, and not just the headline & first paragraph? The security breach was not Apple's fault, but rather AT&T's. Yes, the iPad was the target, but it says something about how secure the hardware/OS is that they had to get user information about it from an external source that most likely was running Linux or Windows. Also, the only iPad owners affected would be those who bought the 3G version, since they have to use AT&T's service. If one has a non-3G iPad, one would be entirely safe and unaffected.

Based on how the breach occurred, they could have just as easily targeted the iPhone, Palm Pixi, Blackberry Pearl, Motorola Backflip, or Barnes & Noble nook.

[Dave]

I put AT&T in the title of the thread because I know they are largely to blame. My mini-rant is just about how sick I am of the Apple fanboy attitude that their platform is impervious to Godzilla. The only reason Macs were fairly virus free was (and still is) because PCs retain an overwhelming market share in business computing (and, to a lesser extent, home computing). PCs are a bigger target, so they get more attacks. I'm not a PC fanboy. I think people should use whatever works best for them. I'm just sick of hearing people tell me their Apple crap is 'love in a box.' I know people who run no anti-virus, no firewall on wifi and think their shit is perfectly safe because they have a Mac and have bought into all the fanboy crap.

So, yeah, I get a perverse little smile when I see any (any) problems with an Apple product. It's like watching a 30-year-old learn there is no Santa.

(and yeah, I'm slightly off-topic)

(and yeah, I'm doubly sensitive because of Steve Jobs' latest bs about 'his' technology as if no other company has been doing the same stuff. Like I said, I have more problem with Apple's marketing bs than their technology, so when there's a technology issue to boot, I pile on like a flaming idiot.)

ps, if it helps, just picture me in this screenshot:

[jeckles]

Although the security flaw was on ATT's part, Apple made themselves vulnerable by making their device exclusively available on ATT. With that kind of relationship, any flaw that ATT has becomes a flaw of the Apple Devices... security breaches, 3g network performance or data caps.

[001]

Hi. I'm new here, and this is my first post. I do think that Apple suffers from some sort of attitude problem, not to mention marketing practices that play on emotion and exploit user impulsivity, and implement tactics which prevent would-be buyers from making informed decisions about purchasing.

I own and use Apple stuff. That's how I know this. I also own and use PC's. I love what computers can do and enjoy exploring all sides of the technology.

I think Microsoft has gotten a bad rap because of some terrible OS'es they've released (Win ME, Vista) which were beta OS'es but not marketed as such. All of those $299 laptops that people bought at Wal-Mart which don't work for nothin' hasn't exactly enhanced Windows' reputation for reliability, either. On the other hand, Apple releases flawed designs (not just the iPhone 4), denies problems of any sort exist, makes it way too easy to buy loads of stuff that you really don't need via iTunes and App Store, and won't even bother to develop iBooks for the Mac because they want to sell as many iPads as possible before releasing a free piece of software. I could go on... but the thing is, none of those things tick me off as much as the fact that Apple has managed to retain this aura about their products as being "The Best", when a properly set up PC can do just as much as a properly set up Mac.

It's just... Macs are easier to use. They're simpler, but not better.

Bottom line is, I think it would be good for the market in general if Apple were being taken down a notch. They deserve to be. The AT&T thing? It's okay, but it's really a minnow in a sea of much bigger fish.

Thanks for reading.

[Chad]

001, on 31 May 2011 - 07:57 AM, said:

It's just... Macs are easier to use. They're simpler, but not better.

I think you have that wardsback.