Lies, damned lies and these lies: Security numbers don’t tell the story<article>
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<p>If there’s a metric Apple’s failing at you can be sure it’ll get reported, even if it’s a meaningless metric.</p><p>Writing for
Tiger Beat in the Valley, Emil Protalinski runs the numbers. Or, well, looks at some numbers.</p><p>“Software with the most vulnerabilities in 2015: Mac OS X, iOS, and Flash.” (Tip o’ the antlers to
@JonyIveParody and
@_HairForceOne.)</p><p>Every so often someone rolls out this trope about CVE (Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures) counts as if it’s supposed to be meaningful for anyone other than ski-mask-wearing-hacker-stereotype guy in the Starbucks who ironically uses his real name for the coffee order because using a fake name is
just what the NSA would expect.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3019003/security/lies-damned-lies-and-these-lies-security-numbers-don-t-tell-the-story.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>
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Lies, damned lies and these lies: Security numbers don’t tell the story
