http://www.switched.com/2008/03/28/macbook-air-hacked-in-under-two-minutes/ Switched Comments for MacBook Air Hacked In Under Two Minutes http://www.switched.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.switched.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.switched.com/2008/03/28/macbook-air-hacked-in-under-two-minutes/http://www.switched.com/2008/03/28/macbook-air-hacked-in-under-two-minutes/Mar 28th 2008 10:57AMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/03/28/macbook-air-hacked-in-under-two-minutes/http://www.switched.com/2008/03/28/macbook-air-hacked-in-under-two-minutes/Mar 28th 2008 11:15AMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/03/28/macbook-air-hacked-in-under-two-minutes/http://www.switched.com/2008/03/28/macbook-air-hacked-in-under-two-minutes/
I will never again allow hackers who have direct access to my computer to navigate to any sites that I am not familiar with.

Other than that I still feel pretty secure.

Jack]]>Mar 28th 2008 11:24AMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/03/28/macbook-air-hacked-in-under-two-minutes/http://www.switched.com/2008/03/28/macbook-air-hacked-in-under-two-minutes/
Similar logic can be applied to Safari; Charlie Miller chose it for that weakness, as the other safari security flaw references imply, and webcode that can take advantage of that weakness can be spread around. If you think you're secure because you're not going to "navigate to sites I'm not familiar with" you've got a sadly naive view of internet security.

I think that it takes a loss of security to truly see the merit of using a rock-solidly secure OS and a rock-solidly secure browser. At very least avoid Windows and Internet Explorer, above all else.]]>Mar 29th 2008 5:56PMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/03/28/macbook-air-hacked-in-under-two-minutes/http://www.switched.com/2008/03/28/macbook-air-hacked-in-under-two-minutes/

This wasn't a test to see if hackers could break in, -- that was on day 1. Day 2 was seeing if a local user could easily break security with only the system's pre-installed tools. It was a test for what could happen to a "naive" user with standard, included software. The fact that Vista wasn't also a hacked may lie in its current market penetration and ease of use by a 'naive' user than in its security.

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Therefore, the security of Macs is based on entirely on their unpopularity.

Besides any gamer can tell you that PCs are faster, more customizable, and generally better. :P ]]>Mar 31st 2008 10:09PMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/03/28/macbook-air-hacked-in-under-two-minutes/http://www.switched.com/2008/03/28/macbook-air-hacked-in-under-two-minutes/
I get around the Safari security issues with a combination of Firefox and Linux.

There are technically worse security holes, but browser vulnerabilities score a good hit rate for "hackers" 'cos everyone uses a browser and most are a bit careless. Some people even use Internet Explorer! Couple that with a great fondness among the immature male WinGaming market for porn sites and it must be like fish in a barrel.]]>Apr 16th 2008 2:25PM