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> I would be willing to bet any amount of money that just disconnecting all Windows computers from the internet, i.e., no direct connection, would result in a d
by saghm 5y ago
> I would be willing to bet any amount of money that just disconnecting all Windows computers from the internet, i.e., no direct connection, would result in a dramatic drop in security problems
Given how many security problems come from the internet, I imagine that there would be a dramatic drop in security problems if any platform with as much popularity as usage as was cut off from contacting other machines over the internet, even if the platform had above average security.
- 1vuio0pswjnm7 5y agoAlthough there is a reason I said Windows and not some OS that can be trimmed down and compiled from source by the user (not necessarily GNU/Linux, there are others), it does not matter so much what is the "platform" (I presume you mean OS) nor its popularity. The idea is that fewer of each user's computers, no matter what kernel they run, would be able to directly contact other computers over the internet.