How Secure is the Series i, really?

Hi, all:

Ethics, shmethics. People write malware because they get something out of 
it -- not rarely, a purely psychological benefit. Empowerment, revenge, 
intellectual stimulation, whatever. Monetary gain may or may not be 
involved.

The Series i is not targeted by malware programmers, in my not very humble 
opinion, mostly because the effort required to get a certain level of 
satisfaction is so much greater than it is for other platforms. First, it 
is just plain harder to do. Second, even if you were to succeed your 
efforts would be about invisible to the general public.

In other words, the smaller installed base is in itself an indirect 
protection against attack. If everyone in the world was running a Series 
i, we would have daily news bulletins about exploits against the platform.

"Claimer":  Although I do not play a therapist on TV I do indeed have a 
degree in Psychology.

Darrell

Darrell A. Martin  -  630-754-2187
Manager, Computer Operations
dmartin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote on 01/03/2007 08:03:19 AM:

Is that like saying the manufacturers of nuclear weapons have a 
higher level of ethics than the manufacturers of chemical weapons?

I am sorry but I find that "we are holier than them" attitude a 
little hard to swallow. 

Just my thoughts 

Steve

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