that’s why I said “mostly”. I didn’t say there is no malware for Linux.
imo, It means the “malware industry”, mostly will target Windows user (75%), rather than targeting Linux user (2%).
But the chance for Linux user, to be infected by malware, is much much smaller than windows user.
(75% : 2%)
Logically, it is much much harder for the virus to spread, if the human population, is only 2 % from the current population, and scaterred all over the world.
You emphasized it. Indirectly you said, Linux malware is not wide-net stuff. Definitely, I talked about the wide-net stuff malware, because i relate with the statistic.
But if one is personally extremely being targeted, then that’s already different case, out of the point I mention.
I had been a windows user for yearss, before Qubes. I remember, I decided to use anti virus, not because I saw others using it, but because I was infected.
Anti virus actually will increase the attack surface, rather than decreasing it.
It has been said multiple times by others in this forum in other discussion. Other References:
Cloud = serverss, both are common term,
i see there is no problem for using the term “cloud”, it is a common term.
There are many references emphasizing that Windows 10 is a privacy nightmare, such as:
France hits microsoft with windows 10 privacy complaint
- Windows has security flaws and collects user data without permission, the French government said.
- ordered Microsoft to make changes to Windows 10 within three months or face sanctions.
- Windows Store collects data without permission on all the apps users download and the time spent on each one.
- Windows 10 installs an advertising identifier by default, allowing Microsoft to monitor browsing and offer targeted advertising without consent.
- Windows Store authentication method presents a security risk.
Windows 10 disregards user choice and privacy
- Windows 10 sends an unprecedented amount of usage data back to Microsoft,
- list of data sent back: location data, text input, voice input, touch input, webpages you visit, and telemetry data regarding your general usage of your computer, including which programs you run and for how long.
- disabling some of these settings, it is not a guarantee that your computer will stop talking to Microsoft’s servers.
Windows 10 is a privacy nightmare
- Windows 10 joined the race with Apple and Google in collecting increasing amounts of customers’ information
- Windows 10 gives itself the right to pass loads of your data to Microsoft’s servers, use your bandwidth for Microsoft’s own purposes, and profile your Windows usage.
- Windows 10 end-user license agreement uses some scary broad strokes: “Finally, we will access, disclose and preserve personal data, including your content (such as the content of your emails, other private communications or files in private folders), when we have a good faith belief that doing so is necessary.”
- Microsoft may upload your local data to its servers arbitrarily
eff rips microsoft for blatant disregard of user choice and privacy in windows 10
electronic frontier foundation (eff) blasts windows 10 telemetry
Windows 10 has caused controversy over its many privacy fails
even after tweaking your privacy settings windows 10 is still a privacy nightmare
- Microsoft’s generosity was actually a thinly-veiled excuse to track users and collect data with its most invasive operating system yet.
- CheesusCrust did a little test to Windows 10 Machine:
First, He disabled every single tracking and telemetry feature,
then leave it to run overnight and monitoring network traffic.
8 hours later, he found over 5,500 connections to 93 different IP addresses.
30 hours later, additional 113 non-private IP addresses, which is akin to placing a sign on your network saying “now open to main in the middle (MiTM) attacks.”