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Re:Linux being secure is a common misconception by tester756 on Sunday November 26, 2023 @02:38PM (#38424288)
>Consider why we care about security in the first place:

>- We don't want our private data stolen

>- We don't want a malicious program stealing our electricity and computing resources

>- We don't want adware injecting advertising into our browser toolbar, homepage, email client, etc

>- We want our family to be able to safely use our computers without having to worry about them falling for scams

>- We want peace of mind

Almost all those points are basically the same thing repeated differently:

We don't want somebody else mess with our computer, but that "somebody else" almost always is 3rd party - so not you (user) and not Microsoft (vendor).

Ads from vendor aren't considered as a security issue (unless very edge cases).

They are annoying, but in the principle they aren't security defect (unless badly implemented)

Re:Linux being secure is a common misconception by calamari4065 on Sunday November 26, 2023 @06:52PM (#38426458)
Please define security in a way that excludes all possible classes of "third party doing things on your machine without your knowledge or consent"