> Linux has "run this `curl | exec` command as root". You've clearly not used Linux much of you think that's the normal software installation method. That's th

> Linux has "run this `curl | exec` command as root". You've clearly not used Linux much of you think that's the normal software installation method. That's the normal installation method on windows, minus the GUI to download and run for you. > That's just because few people use Linux, not because Linux has some inherent ability to stop people downloading malware You can't stop them downloading it, you have to direct them to trusted sources to get software, that's where Linux and iOS work, they have same approach but different implementations, it's where windows and Android fail. > Windows have at least attempted to help with their code signing systems Their best attempt so far is the windows store, but that was still born because they went for the sandboxing instead of verifying approach. > That's just because few people use Linux And all those servers aren't high value targets? We'd be seeing a lot more issues if "curl | Sudo exec" was how things were done.