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The Downside to iPhone Success

If the virus comes through the App store, Apple will provide address info to the Feds. The Feds will arrest and jail. Not a very enticing target for the casual hacker.

If the hack is aginst the App store, itself ('pro' hacker), Apple will force an immediate defensive download across all devices. Mac OS X and the App Store is not an easy target. And again, the Feds will have a great opportunity to arrest the hacker.

One of Apple's objectives w/ the App Store system is to prevent hacker heaven from appearing on the OS X platform. As implemented the system appears to be thoughtfully designed and has a chance of achieving its security and reliability objective.