Cybersecurity firm Crowdstrike pushed an update that caused millions of Windows computers to enter recovery mode, triggering the blue screen of death. Learn …

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    3 months ago

    In a way, it was. If Windows was not as crappy as it is, external solutions would not be needed.

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      3 months ago

      Linux machines also require Crowdstrike because of business requirements. That does mean Linux is just as crap as Windows then?

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          3 months ago

          Probably the latter. Though, I’m not familiar enough with cybersecurity to make a comment on that.

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          3 months ago

          Not to jump at you in another comment thread, but any OS that is deployed in a business environment should have some form of endpoint protection installed unless it is fully airgapped + isolated.

          Despite the myth that “Linux doesn’t get malware”, it absolutely does and should have protection installed. Even if the OS itself was immune to infection, any possible update can introduce a vulnerability to that.

          Additionally, again, even if the OS (or kernel in the case of linux) couldn’t be infected or attacked, the packages or services installed can be attacked, infected, or otherwise messed with and should be protected.

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      3 months ago

      Is your point “Linux and Mac dont get viruses or targeted for cyberattacks”?

      Or is it “This wouldn’t have broken on a different operating system”?

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        3 months ago

        No to both. Windows is so broken, it needs kernel-level external software to protect it from attacks that should not be possible in the first place. It is a joke of history that this software was even worse than windows itself.

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          3 months ago

          I see you’re operating on a plane of reality where windows is the only bad software, so it’s kinda pointless for me to continue here. I hope you have a wonderful day.

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            3 months ago

            Windows is definitely not the only bad software, but for the amount of resources they could spend on quality, it is a rather shitty product. They could do better, but they don’t want to.