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You dont have to trust GNU/Linux, in fact you should distrust it as well, but it is safer and better than Windows according to record so far, since you have man

by antocv 13y ago

You dont have to trust GNU/Linux, in fact you should distrust it as well, but it is safer and better than Windows according to record so far, since you have many more independent security solutions and can customize it to your liking, and we have seen Stuxnet, NSA_KEY etc... You can modify the kernel so much as to make any existing 0days unpractical for your particular installation. You cant do that with windows kernel. For linux, you can remove all the drivers not really needed for your particular computer, and prevent modules from being used. If you're really paranoid you must go with ArchHurd or HaikuOS, those extremely small OS not many have heard about yet NSA to have devoted time for 0daying them or inserting backdoors. But definitely not go back to Windows.

hyperpape 13y ago
Almost all of that goes out the window for targeted attacks. For general safety, you just need to be a little bit better than the average computer user--the money is in simple reliable attacks that hit broad swaths of the public. But for targeted attacks you need to have near perfect security. Edit: You're probably still gaining by leaving the beaten path, but if you're exposed, and someone knows what you're running and has the resources to create custom exploits, that won't help much.