Linked by Bill Leeper on Tue 7th Feb 2006 23:55 UTC
"Assuming that 'because it's a Mac, it's safe' is no longer wise" is probably one of this book's most important themes. It has been my experience that too many Mac users "know" that OS X is secure and therefore they have nothing to worry about. This book shows just how wrong that attitude is.
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2005-07-06
Some good suggestions but I would take some exceptions to the following.
"Avoid wireless, even bluetooth (was a electronic warfare tech in the Navy, forget security, your wide open, even your plastic case PC is mine) "
I run a wireless home network and though it would not be impossible to compromise it it would be hard enough that you would either give up or I would find out you were attempting to hack in before you actually did so.. If the proper precautions are taken it is reasonably safe. Also my neighbor is on the City Police force and if you were parked across the street from me for very long you would probably have someone tapping on your window. Besides, I was the one who informed him that he was running a wireless network that was unencrypted. (Daughters friend hooked it up so they could connect a laptop and did not secure it. :-) )
Anyway, wireless can be secured well enough for the home user not to have to worry to much.