Most of us have heard the phrase “security through obscurity”. Right?
This is the idea– surprisingly common, as it seems to make plenty of sense– that Macs (and other minority computer systems) are only secure and immune from the majority of viruses, trojans, and worms because they’re obscure. I guess obscurity would mean either (or both) that Macs don’t catch the attention of malware writers, or that Mac is simply too small a market to be worth their time.
I’d like to submit several responses to this:
