Vulnerability or Feature: Password Changing

I know I should ignore blog entries like this one entitled, ”Reason #678 Why Macs Suck," but sometimes the anger at people's ignorance overwhelms me and I am moved to pen a response.

This is one of those times.

The author of the post contends that Macs are insecure because he was able to change a different user's password while he was logged into said user's iBook. On the surface this may seem like a security risk, though it really isn't.  If you have administrative rights over a machine it makes sense that you can change other users' passwords (heck, this is even how it works on Windows).

The first rule of security, if someone gains physical access to your machine there is very little you can do to stop them from doing whatever they want to do to it.