The backlash to the Cecil backlash. I would predict a backlash to the backlash, but everyone’s already moved on and no one (or very few) REALLY cared in the first place.

Mortgages are risky too (#1 Risk: LOSING YOUR HOME).

It’s not gambling if you keep the basics in mind. It’s just borrowing more against your home. Ultimately if you do so in a careful fashion, by evaluating at each place how much more debt load you are taking on and why you are doing it, you can manage the risk.

“The so-called Thunderstrike 2 attack can be delivered through a phishing email or a peripheral device like a USB stick or even an ethernet adaptor.”

Do you always struggle with reading or is it just because it’s Monday morning?

OS X is just BSD/Unix flavoring anyway, and it’s never been immune to viruses, just a smaller attack surface.

It’s secure like AppleTalk was secure: everything on the wire was visible to everything else!

Excuse me, but that’s called Air Gap Security.

Security through obscurity is not good.

“The so-called Thunderstrike 2 attack can be delivered through a phishing email or a peripheral device like a USB stick or even an ethernet adaptor.”

I never brought into the hype that OS X was safer than windows. Apple on the last 3 years has had some serious security flaws in their software. The only reason that OS X doesn’t get viruses, malware like windows does is because OS X doesn’t make up the majority of users. Doesn’t mean OSX is immune.

“Macs are virtually virus proof.”

I see this worm as pretty edge case for the possibility of someone getting infected. However, you are right. More and more viruses will be tailored to OSX as adoption continues to grow.

They are however infamous(better word) for sacrificing user experience for security. Example: new rootless mode for El Capitan, it takes away power and options for people who know what they're doing but will go far towards increasing minimum security for dumbasses

“vicious enough to break through Apple’s legendary security”

With grater user base comes greater virus count. Welcome to what MS had to deal with for decades now. May the reality distortion field be with you all.

If you live in a desert, well, you have to live in a desert.

Dogs realize they have a Master

Cat probably started the fire.

Because dogs are kind and love unconditionally. Cats would not piss on a person even if he were on fire.