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charcircuityesterday at 8:20 PM1 replyview on HN

The security story of the PC platform is such a mess due to fragmentation. I have way more trust in Apple's security here.


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varispeedyesterday at 8:41 PM

Security through obscurity is not a great idea. This is what Apple's current approach is. For instance if your iPhone is infected with malware, there is no anti-virus software that can find it, because Apple doesn't let software to have such deep access that is needed for scanning.

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