While relatively few people use Linux as a desktop environment,
many servers run Linux. Breaking into servers is a big deal for
the bad guys.
I do generally agree with Don about the modern stuff like Siri
and Alexa. I go so far as to run a email user agent which
doesn't interpret HTML. Using only basic text greatly reduces
the attack surface on my computer. Also, not automatically
following links in the email improves privacy.
73 Bill AE6JV
On 10/18/19 at 7:54 PM, [email protected] (Don Wilhelm) wrote:
If connection of the K4 to the internet is to be done, I have
concerns about security and personal privacy. Even Linux is
subject to bad stuff from the internet - it is not entirely
secure, it is just that the number of users is small compared
to other OS versions and hackers just do not bother for most cases.
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Bill Frantz | There are now so many exceptions to the
408-356-8506 | Fourth Amendment that it operates only by
www.pwpconsult.com | accident. - William Hugh Murray
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