Re:Windows is the malware compatibility layer for everything
by Brian_K_White on Wednesday July 12, 2023 @10:18PM
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"How realistic is this for regular users?"
Doesn't matter. Irrelevant question.
The fact that it's possible vs not-possible is the infinitely more important distinction.
"Is this truly so different..."
Yes.
"...would the situation be particularly different?"
Yes.
It only takes a few people to actually check something for everyone else to benefit from the results, and we even benefit from the mere possibility that anyone could at any time.
The fact that this benefit isn't 100% (we still discover 20 year old critical flaws in widely dispersed open source code) doesn't change the fact at all.
"Is this truly so different..." Yes.
"...would the situation be particularly different?" Yes.
It only takes a few people to actually check something for everyone else to benefit from the results, and we even benefit from the mere possibility that anyone could at any time.
The fact that this benefit isn't 100% (we still discover 20 year old critical flaws in widely dispersed open source code) doesn't change the fact at all.