TUAW takes Mac security seriously

Ian Betteridge has a post on his blog called 'Why don't Mac sites take security seriously?' in which he focuses on Dan's recent post and chides TUAW as a site that doesn't take security seriously.

Ian points out that most viruses use social engineering in order to execute, and that most Mac users wouldn't think twice about typing in their password to install an application that their friend sent them (there goes the advantage of having root access locked). The thing is, I totally agree with Ian, and I have saidso on numerous occasions (to many jeers in the comments I might add).

Mac users, ourselves included, have taken a Pollyanna like stance towards security and it is only a matter of time before someone takes advantage of that fact.

Thanks, Conrad.