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Microsoft's desktop software only gained a reputation for insecurity because until relatively recently (early 2000s), the rational move for them was to not secu
by CHY872 12y ago
Microsoft's desktop software only gained a reputation for insecurity because until relatively recently (early 2000s), the rational move for them was to not secure it. Their software designed for governments etc - that doesn't have the same motivations.
Also, you'd expect the classified stuff to run on an airgapped network (or equivalent), so that there's no real attack vector anyway.
- na85 12y agoWell, stuxnet showed us that the vector is real and does exist.