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Before windows 10, windows antivirus were the best advertising for Apple computers
by dvhh 10y ago
Before windows 10, windows antivirus were the best advertising for Apple computers
- nnx 10y agoWhat has Windows 10 changed on this front?
- FuturePromise 10y agoDang tells me that "joke" answers that don't add to the conversation aren't welcome.
- chipperyman573 10y agoComments that add to conversation and happen to be phrased in a witty way are.
- FuturePromise 10y agoMaking fun of Windows is "witty?" I thought this was a more serious forum.
- Mandatum 10y ago"Apple Computers Don't Get Viruses" Still a very common misconception, however it's fair to say that macOS is still much "less likely" to be infected because of quantity. Yes, there are now drive-by packs, crypters and RAT's that include OSX as a target. But the ratio for infections would be vastly lower.
- wyqydsyq 10y agoSize of user base is pretty much irrelevant to how vulnerable an OS is, Linux/GNU and BSD derivative operating systems are inherently more secure than NT based ones due to user/group permissions and privilege escalation being a core aspect of the former, and a tacked-on afterthought of the latter.
- Mandatum 10y agolikelihood of infection != vulnerability If you live in a bad neighbourhood, you're more likely to get shot. If you live in a nice neighbourhood, you might get shot, but it's much less likely. The ability for someone to shoot you in each neighbourhood is irrelevant when talking about likelihood of being shot.
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- pjmlp 10y agoNT has a more secure model than UNIX since day one, modeled on top of object capabilities, much more powerful than UGW permissions. If people decide to run as root that's their problem. Also you don't need root to exploit UNIX users, getting hold of their $HOME is way more valuable than getting hold of the OS.
- mappu 10y ago>object capabilities, much more powerful than UGW permissions. man 5 acl >If people decide to run as root that's their problem. Also you don't need root to exploit UNIX users, getting hold of their $HOME is way more valuable than getting hold of the OS. Same on windows.
- pjmlp 10y agoThe IEEE 1003.1e draft 17 ("POSIX.1e") document describes several security extensions to the IEEE 1003.1 standard. While the work on 1003.1e has been abandoned, many UNIX style systems implement parts of POSIX.1e draft 17, or of earlier drafts. Note the implement parts of, that is not something UNIX has in any portable way.