Global hack on Microsoft product hits U.S., state agencies, researchers say

Re:Global hack on Microsoft product hits U.S., state agencie... by graemep on Tuesday July 22, 2025 @11:17AM (#44648117)

> When people say Linux would be more secure in these environments, maybe. But if Linux or Red Hat took over everywhere, you can bet it would become the juiciest target immediately.

I do not think that is the only difference between Windows and Linux though.

For one thing Linux has multiple distros, some very varied. Its less of a monoculture. If Linux was more widely used it would also get grater usage for BSDs because a lot of things that run on Linux will run on them too.

Linux IS very widely used on servers, and on Chromebooks, and embedded. The kernel and a few other bits are widely used on phones too.

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Re:Global hack on Microsoft product hits U.S., state agencie... by sirjaz on Tuesday July 22, 2025 @11:42AM (#44648594)

Look at Android. It is more of a leaky sive than Windows now.

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Re:Global hack on Microsoft product hits U.S., state agencie... by autoexec on Tuesday July 22, 2025 @01:03PM (#44650060)

Android was designed from day one specifically to be a leaky sieve that funnels as much of your personal and private data to Google and their partners as possible. They're left with the impossible task of making it harder for third parties to gain access to the data they're collecting without making it too hard for them to collect it for themselves.

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