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Even if you pretended Microsoft didn't exist, I don't really see how any similar alternative actually presents a secure alternative. There's a mess of vulnerab
by faeriechangling 3y ago
Even if you pretended Microsoft didn't exist, I don't really see how any similar alternative actually presents a secure alternative. There's a mess of vulnerabilities and complexity at every layer of any modern computing stack you can think of.
If you ACTUALLY want security, you're going to be dealing with computers which are 100x slower than what we're used to with a tiny fraction of the features. For the most part I'm not convinced people actually want secure computer systems, they want computer systems which are productive and they'll just cope with the regular security breaches.
- hackernewds 3y agoDon't hear this much about Apple. And most of tech companies run on Apple devices.
- faeriechangling 2y agoI've been hearing about iOS exploits for eons, and exploits against Safari and iMessage specifically happen all the time. See: All the stuff the NSO group has done. Apple has also been getting hit by unpatchable hardware level vulnerabilities because quite simply their hardware is designed to be fast, not designed to be secure. I'm also not saying this based on people reporting vulnerabilities, I'm pointing out the software we're using is fundamentally impossible to secure on merit of its complexity and the tradeoffs people make that neglect security.