- #SECURITY THROUGH OBSCURITY INSTALL#
- #SECURITY THROUGH OBSCURITY FULL#
- #SECURITY THROUGH OBSCURITY MAC#
#SECURITY THROUGH OBSCURITY MAC#
The Mac guy states bluntly in response: "Not Macs".Īpple's official flag of security through obscurity was formally planted.
This 2006 ad poked fun at the Windows virus scene via an exchange between the Windows and Mac user where the Windows guy was suffering from an ailment, and mentioned how many malware strains hit the platform in the last year. One such ad put this security debate front and center, in plain user speak. While Microsoft was kicking into gear the vision that Bill Gates set forth in getting serious about Windows security, Apple was lobbing cannonballs at Windows users with its " I'm a Mac" television ad series. The fruit company spent the better part of the first decade of this century basking in its own nirvana while Windows XP was the leading posterchild of the Windows malware epidemic. As do malware strains on the Mac, they halfheartedly admit.Īpple's Ailing Pitch: Security Through Obscurity Works I was mistaken - they still exist it seems. I thought the last batch of OS X server admins dried up when Apple ditched the enterprise formally and killed off Xserve. Although viruses are less prevalent on the Mac platform than on Windows, they still pose a risk.
#SECURITY THROUGH OBSCURITY INSTALL#
Install antivirus tools, use them regularly, and update virus definition files and software regularly. Per Apple, users running Mavericks server should:
In it lies the sole inking on Apple's help website as to the need for antivirus software.īut there's a gotcha: this article was meant for admins of the server edition of OS X - not for average end users. The single official article you will find referencing either of these terms is a posting ironically titled " Mavericks Server Admin: Security best practices". To prove my point, try doing a search for "antimalware" or "antivirus" on the Apple support website. Yet the evidence continually points in the opposite direction. Apple's done a great job coercing the last decade of Mac buyers that malware just doesn't exist on Macs. Salespeople at Best Buy and other retailers that I've encountered suffer from the same misleading tunnel vision.
#SECURITY THROUGH OBSCURITY FULL#
So this begs the question: how has Apple gotten a free pass on the falsehood that its OS X (and now iOS) users just don't need anti-malware software? As an IT professional who has personally cleaned off numerous Macs each year for the past 2-3 years, it really irks me that Apple still hasn't admitted that this falsehood is endangering an entire slice of our computing society.Įven though we don't push this mantra at our company, knowing full well it's a borked belief, you won't find the same honesty from any Apple Store employees. Their risk of forced entry or other crimes are leagues lower than in congested urban areas (like my neck of the woods, Chicago) but they still follow plain commonsense. Yet they most likely still use locks on all of their doors, and keep them locked shut at night. Likewise, sizable portions of American society lives out in rural areas where crime and theft are almost unheard of. Even so, she wouldn't think of ditching her safety belt, no matter how safe the cars claim to be. Not only do the company's vehicles arguably receive some of the highest safety ratings in the States, but their policy of across-the-board all wheel drive is another nicety I love about them. My girlfriend was on the prowl for a new vehicle not too long ago, and decided on a Subaru.
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