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chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> 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.