[Off Topic] Re: Linux security

[Daniel Carrera]

Adriano Varoli Piazza wrote:
> Eh, no. I'm specifically talking about people who get angry when you
> tell them you have to uninstall the BonziBuddy they installed
> willingly.

Well, *that* security risk is pretty much OS-independent. You can't make 
a system secure if the user doesn't want it to be. Naturally, I was 
talking about the cases where the computer is infected and the user 
didn't want it to be.

> This is a case of people who have said "With this OS, you don't need to
> know about computers to use a computer." Which is oh so very wrong in
> so many levels that the current state of affairs is to be expected.

Yes. I actually like to turn that argument around. "With Windows you 
need to be a security professional just to check your mail, with Linux a 
regular user can expect their computer to not be infected". You 
shouldn't need to be a geek or have a PhD in network security to check 
your mail securely. Linux gives you that security, Windows doesn't.

Cheers,
Daniel.
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