I agree that the ms spy threat is overblown, but so was Jesse's comments a few weeks ago on the RSA key being factored by a team of researchers. I remember the headline read something like 'Your credit cards numbers aren't safe on the net anymore' or something just as misleading. I think that headline was just as 'silly' and certainly more irresponsible than this report. In my opinion, Jesse just doesnt have much room to be smug when it comes to security breaches and the like. I mean, its pretty clear to many of us that he's no security expert,but i'm sure many of his readers dont realize it.
Security is a nebulous area swimming in spin.
The uninitiated should be more careful, i think. Crypto, security, and privacy will probably begin to concern the general public more and more going forward, so I would suggest a healthy dose of reasearch. Until then reporting on Apple's run up is more along his area of competence.