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Re:I was seven words away from being spear-phished by mnw21cam on Wednesday June 26, 2019 @10:37AM (#20285408)
There are disadvantages to using an obscure OS too, in that it is likely slower to get security fixes, and may have more security flaws.
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Re:I was seven words away from being spear-phished by albertgoeswoof on Wednesday June 26, 2019 @10:54AM (#20285555)
The only logical answer is to write your own OS

The ultimate security by obscurity

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Re:I was seven words away from being spear-phished by danieldk on Wednesday June 26, 2019 @12:05PM (#20286261)
You could use something like NixOS, which has interpreters, libc, etc. in non-canonical paths. And you still have the protections of Linux and speedy security updates.

Of course, this is security by obscurity, an attacker could adjust the malware for such cases.

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