Brian Mastenbrook: Security, safety, and scruples

John Gruber:

But it rings untrue to most ears to claim that Apple is doing a bad job with regard to security. The evidence suggests that Mac OS X has been and remains secure enough to be safe, and safety is what real people actually care about.

I'd dispute the idea that Apple isn't doing a bad job with regard to security. It remains a mystery to me why OS X is a relatively safe platform. To put it bluntly, it wouldn't be a very safe system if I didn't want it to be. It's hard not to see that situation changing when I know very well that there are people who are just as intelligent and capable as I am who are substantially less scrupulous.