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Android and chromeos are Linux based, so it's very interesting that 2 of your 4 most secure operating systems are linux. But this is a perfect example of how t
by grayhatter 3y ago
Android and chromeos are Linux based, so it's very interesting that 2 of your 4 most secure operating systems are linux.
But this is a perfect example of how the premise itself is fundemntally clickbait. The problem of insecurity is unrelated to Linux, but the execution and privilege model of userspace.
- ogogmad 3y agoFor that reason, TFA said Desktop Linux, in order to avoid "pedanticism [sic]".
- grayhatter 3y agoexcept chromeos is also desktop linux... unless desktop has a different definition than the one I know?
- pjmlp 3y agoAndroid and ChromeOS use the Linux kernel, they aren't GNU/Linux, as the termux folks are certainly aware.
- hollerith 3y agoI meant that Linux-based systems other than Android, ChromeOS and Qubes are the least secure of the common OS options.
- grayhatter 3y agoExcept they're not. They're the most permissive by default, maybe. But they're not the least secure. If you put an assa abloy on your door, and then elect not to lock it. That doesn't mean assa abloy is the least secure lock. Windows has a reputation for being insecure because if you try to keep someone out, they can still get in. This article was written on the idea that Linux is insecure, because when you don't try to keep someone out, they can get in.
- nolist_policy 3y agoNot quite, you can secure and lock down Windows too, the problem is that it isn't secure by default. And 90% of Admins don't bother with securing it other than sprinkling anti-virus on top. Android, ChromeOS and Qubes are secure by default. Though I wouldn't trust a novice user with QubesOS.