stephen_az
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Re: Interesting article about Android, what abour WP8?
Wow, someone certainly does not hide their biases.
1) Windows 7 and 8 are neither slow, nor laggy, nor insecure.
2) Insecurities occasionally flagged in Windows are identified because it runs on more than 90% of the PCs in use. It is profitable (either financially or simply ego) to target whereas the various iterations of Apple's OS and all of the Linux distros run on machines that take up so little of the market it is not worth anyone's while to hack/attack.
3) Android is very insecure, as US agencies that require enhanced security have made clear for several years. US Customs, in fact, identified open source and OEM ability to modify as among of the reasons they only authorized IOS last year. It is also made even less secure for the same reason Windows is targeted by hackers. It runs the vast majority of smart phones and tablets. It is, therefore, worth the time to hack.
4) If the best you can do is pull up an article that predates the release of Windows 7 to demonstrate your argument about the insecurity of Windows you might want to give a bit more thought to your thesis. I can post a bunch of links showing that Firestone tires represent a risk for blow outs; or that the O rings in the space shuttle's solid rocket boosters might fail in cold weather; or that Ford Pintos blow up when rear ended but that doesn't mean current Firestone tires blow out, nor NASA's/USAF prototype reusable vehicle will explode, nor a modern Ford represent a greater risk to drivers.
I have one word for you: Windows.
Closed source. The most insecure operating system in history, and it is also buggy and laggy to boot. That pretty much kills your closed-source is secure theory and also exposes the fact that you have absolutely no knowledge of software development and information security in general. Contrast to Linux, open source, still lightyears ahead of Windows in security and stability.
In a closed-source dev shop, only the developers (MS for instance) have knowledge about security holes and it is therefore in their interest to hide this as long as it takes to fix. However, other black hats may have figured it out and may be using this to hack into things. With Linux, however, since it's a community, nobody can hide vulns in the source code for very long.
ref When Internet security is concerned, Microsoft continues to hide its head in the sand (old article)
Wow, someone certainly does not hide their biases.
1) Windows 7 and 8 are neither slow, nor laggy, nor insecure.
2) Insecurities occasionally flagged in Windows are identified because it runs on more than 90% of the PCs in use. It is profitable (either financially or simply ego) to target whereas the various iterations of Apple's OS and all of the Linux distros run on machines that take up so little of the market it is not worth anyone's while to hack/attack.
3) Android is very insecure, as US agencies that require enhanced security have made clear for several years. US Customs, in fact, identified open source and OEM ability to modify as among of the reasons they only authorized IOS last year. It is also made even less secure for the same reason Windows is targeted by hackers. It runs the vast majority of smart phones and tablets. It is, therefore, worth the time to hack.
4) If the best you can do is pull up an article that predates the release of Windows 7 to demonstrate your argument about the insecurity of Windows you might want to give a bit more thought to your thesis. I can post a bunch of links showing that Firestone tires represent a risk for blow outs; or that the O rings in the space shuttle's solid rocket boosters might fail in cold weather; or that Ford Pintos blow up when rear ended but that doesn't mean current Firestone tires blow out, nor NASA's/USAF prototype reusable vehicle will explode, nor a modern Ford represent a greater risk to drivers.