Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Joel Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: My 138 $ Amazon order ( for 6pm today ). Date: Wed, 01 May 2024 19:26:38 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 51 Message-ID: <6nj53jdmgrop15n0pqovklajdkdlvo1mj7@4ax.com> References: <99253jp12e1cppj2940cpkpl0cbg1og25i@4ax.com> <8ce53j11p4ik1vvjt4tr5cod0ikd90jor8@4ax.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Thu, 02 May 2024 01:26:40 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="1ec0af1bee39a6deb7e3d9d79eaa862d"; logging-data="3617721"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19y0AOjP955GtQb1TJr3RJ6lAw0eD81wO0=" User-Agent: ForteAgent/8.00.32.1272 Cancel-Lock: sha1:mFcZcryWzNN5WZt+IsGBqDBbr2M= OS: Linux Mint 21.3 Cinnamon, with Wine 9.0 for WinAPI Bytes: 2851 chrisv wrote: >>>> Independence. Simplicity. Elegance. Power. >>> >>> Privacy. >> >> Maybe not with the SSH backdoor, > >I consider that a security issue. Privacy is what I'd be concerned about, if I lost security. >You'll note that I didn't mention security as a Linux advantage, but >not because Linux can also have exploits. I didn't mention it because >I believe that M$ has made huge strides in that area and is now pretty >good. Credit where it is due. > >Privacy is a different issue. M$, like all the "big tech" companies, >is trying to gather as much data about you that they can get away >with. GNU/Linux can be an escape from that. I imagine that I'm still pretty exposed online, running Linux, it doesn't bother me. >>but yeah, it's relatively less exposed, I guess. > >And, back to security, less targetted. While not Micro$oft's "fault", >the vast majority of malware targets Windows. Mac and other OS malware is not anything like what Win gets, yeah. -- Joel W. Crump Amendment XIV Section 1. [...] No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. Dobbs rewrites this, it is invalid precedent. States are liable for denying needed abortions, e.g. TX.