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lazide | on: Today, we hacked what we'd set out to hack: the iPhone
That is like saying prosecuting murder is immoral because it is taking away the murderer and victims rights.

For a society to function there needs to be balance. ‘You can do whatever you want as long as enough people pay you to cover your bills’ gets bleak fast.

elmer2 | parent
Many people benefit from Apple's closed system. Especially when you look at the malware and viruses that don't exist, because it's so protected.

It's a net benefit for society, even if you don't personally like it.

saghm | root | parent | next
> Especially when you look at the malware and viruses that don't exist, because it's so protected.

There are fewer viruses on Linux than on Windows, despite being far more open. I imagine your response will be that there are a lot more iPhone users than Linux ones, but my point is that there are a lot more factors than treating "open or closed" as a binary, and at best you can make a principled hypothesis about why something doesn't exist. For all you know, maybe making it more open would allow security researchers to find and report more potential attack vectors; extra attention from being more widely used cuts both ways.

lazide | root | parent
I think you have entirely the wrong comment chain and poster in mind with your response.