<i>If they download a virus, that&#x27;s somehow Apple&#x27;s fault for not developing a secure enough system. If they use an emoticon in their only root account password with FileVault enabled, it&#x27;s Apple&#x27;s fault that they are now locked out of their machine.</i><p>To (rather awkwardly) paraphrase an old proverb: Protect users from doing potentially risky things one day, and the next day they&#x27;ll complain when they screw up; let them make mistakes, and they&#x27;ll continue to learn from them.<p>Thus my disappointment at the &quot;users will never learn, we&#x27;ve been trying for years, so might as well mollycoddle and protect, but not try to teach them&quot; argument that gets brought up so often. It took <i>centuries</i> for basic literacy to become prevalent; perhaps we shouldn&#x27;t think <i>computer</i> literacy would come so quickly and cripple this learning process in the name of security.