Another Opinion on Security of Macs

Posted on December 24, 2006 by J. Benjamin Stevens

Secure_macFellow attorney, blogger, and Mac enthusiast Grant Griffiths has posted two articles touting the security offered by Macs:

In these articles, Grant highlights the following key factors:

  • Mac OS X has a superior UNIX foundation and security features that go above and beyond the norm for PCs.
  • He does not run a virus program on his Macs, and he has never had a virus.
  • Dialog boxes alert you whenever you even download a file that could contain or conceal executable code (that is, a program, as opposed to a document).
  • You can opt to make your Mac invisible to 'pings' from the Internet, a common tactic of spammers who are looking for available machines to turn into spam relay stations.

Source: "114,000 Virus: Not on a Mac" by Grant Griffiths, 'guest' posted at FutureLawyer and "Why Macs Are More Secure" by Grant Griffiths, posted at the Home Office Lawyer blog.

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