] Dave had some surprises up his sleeve as well. You'll
] remember that I said he was using a ThinkPad (running
] Windows!). I asked him about that, and he told us that
] many of the computer security folks back at FBI HQ use
] Macs running OS X, since those machines can do just about
] anything: run software for Mac, Unix, or Windows, using
] either a GUI or the command line. And they're secure out
] of the box. In the field, however, they don't have as
] much money to spend, so they have to stretch their
] dollars by buying WinTel-based hardware. Are you
] listening, Apple? The FBI wants to buy your stuff. Talk
] to them!
]
]
] Dave also had a great quotation for us: "If you're a bad
] guy and you want to frustrate law enforcement, use a
] Mac." Basically, police and government agencies know what
] to do with seized Windows machines. They can recover
] whatever information they want, with tools that they've
] used countless times. The same holds true, but to a
] lesser degree, for Unix-based machines. But Macs
] evidently stymie most law enforcement personnel. They
] just don't know how to recover data on them. So what do
] they do? By and large, law enforcement personnel in
] American end up sending impounded Macs needing data
] recovery to the acknowledged North American Mac experts:
] the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Evidently the Mounties
] have built up a know

] Dave had some surprises up his sleeve as well. You'll
] remember that I said he was using a ThinkPad (running
] Windows!). I asked him about that, and he told us that
] many of the computer security folks back at FBI HQ use
] Macs running OS X, since those machines can do just about
] anything: run software for Mac, Unix, or Windows, using
] either a GUI or the command line. And they're secure out
] of the box. In the field, however, they don't have as
] much money to spend, so they have to stretch their
] dollars by buying WinTel-based hardware. Are you
] listening, Apple? The FBI wants to buy your stuff. Talk
] to them!