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Re:Android emulator abused to introduce malware onto PCs by Daho0n on Saturday February 06, 2021 @02:17AM (#26044791)
It is only used in ~80% of some of the most valuable targets on the internet, the servers, and it is only by far the most used operating system with more than 50% compared to the huge target that is the ~15% that is Windows. Security by obscurity is more fitting for Windows than Linux. Imagine how many more attacks there would be if Windows was much more popular. Windows in on par with iOS. Stop being a troll.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_operating_syste...

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Re:Android emulator abused to introduce malware onto PCs by belltaco on Saturday February 06, 2021 @08:34PM (#26051819)
>it is only by far the most used operating system with more than 50%

So you're counting Android as Linux, that means Linux has a big malware problem right? Or do you only count Android to pad Linux's numbers and then discount Android malware?

Servers are managed by relatively much more tech savvy folks who install programs carefully. Not so much on PCs that aren't locked down like iOS, and where there is developer freedom.

iOS is only more secure than Windows at the cost of developer freedom, sad to see people on a techie site praise iOS and insult Windows based on that.

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