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Story: US Government warns of Apple flaw

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In our defence

Hi all,

Totally agree with the points about how the Mac platform has proven to be massively more secure than Windows. However, I'm afraid I don't accept that we've misreported this story. Perhaps it would help if I gave a little background information.

We initially decided not to cover the reported flaw earlier in the week, as we didn't want to make a big deal out of what appeared a minor problem. However, US-CERT's intervention meant that we couldn't ignore this issue, as I felt we had a responsibility to draw it to our readers' attention.

In an attempt to balance the story, we pointed out that some US readers had already weighed in and argued that the vulnerability wasn't serious.

Those of you who think we're rabidly pro-Microsoft could check out this talkback, whose author sees an anti-MS bias. Hopefully the truth is nearer the middle.

Thanks for your comments :)

Graeme
News editor

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