What PC is secure when plugged into the internet
@Gr8music - I can just picture the guy with the 10' pole poking the MAC guy as his 1 minor annoyance to PCs thousands of issues.
I also love how everyone uses LULZsec like they where the starting point of hacking (you will see plenty of copycats when something goes public). My next thing is besides being able to register your computer to their itunes account, and download music if they have a preloaded card or a left over funds, what are you going to do? Find an address and the last 4 of their CC if they even put one on file? Download all their already purchased music and hope you find a way to get past the Data Protection for when their Password changes and Apple corrects the false purchases? That is why so many places are coming out with Gift cards, so your not actually sharing personal information over the internet. Xbox though I can pull up your entire CC number because not only is it saved on the console, but it also is stored on MS servers.
Idk about the rest of you, but fixing my Mac is cake walk. Insert CD, hold down shift to disable all add-ons. Restore, and I am done in 15-30 mins tops. I don't loose any of my Apps or data.
Windows I spend that same 15-30 mins just loading the recovery screen, and another 10 mins to attempt a windows repair, which fails and wants to send data to MS. Then turns into wiping the HD and fresh install windows again. Then I spend time installing all my programs. With loss of some data.
No PC is secure, or have you forgotten what the World Wide Web was created for. Sharing Data with others all over the world. If your still feeling scared cut the ethernet on the back and dont use the internet. These companies that you buy software from are all monitoring your system (some more than others). Pulling where you go, what applications you use the most, what you search for in google, etc. They then take this data and sell it or use it to sell spam and ad space to other companies.
If there was a way to remove all the spyware and Adware on my PC I would be very happy. My Windows box spends way too much of my resources, to send data to Intel, MS, AV, Adobe, etc. My phone is constantly communicating with Google, and any 3rd party software that is installed can also pull the same data. My Mac sits content to only do what I want it to do, only every verifying during install that it's legit copy (It does some checking for updates about once a week, but not as bad as sending data every day).
If your still worried about Security I suggest getting a file cabinet and pen and paper to secure your data from everything but a physical intrusion. Not only that, but they will not be able to find what they are looking for conviently as everyone has a different filing system compared to a PC or MAC standard.
