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Linux and Mac have bugs just like Windows. The only reason they have a reputation of being safer is because windows dominates marketshare, so any "spray and pra
by chatmasta 8y ago
Linux and Mac have bugs just like Windows. The only reason they have a reputation of being safer is because windows dominates marketshare, so any "spray and pray" type virus will naturally target windows over mac/linux.
On the other hand, if you or your organization is the victim of a targeted hack, it makes no difference what OS you're running. Any sufficiently motivated and skilled attacker will eventually find a way to exploit it.
As long as new software continues to be released, there will always be bugs. There is no security panacea.
- diffeomorphism 8y ago> The only reason they have a reputation of being safer is because windows dominates marketshare ... and centralized updates for all software and libraries and make it hard to use old libraries and selinux and ... Of course any software has bugs, but "only reason" is very much false equivocation.