ThreeDee
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Coatless millions do so constantly.
I even have a coat and I surf safely on my noob windows 10 box
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Coatless millions do so constantly.
I even have a coat and I surf safely on my noob windows 10 box
Countless millions do so constantly.
Safe and surfing can't be connected when on windows. End of story.
So every Windows machine that's used for web surfing is unsafe or infected with malware that came from surfing? You're simply making ridiculous claims with no proof.
It's a fact that millions of Windows PC:s are infected as we speak. And the major source of infection is internet based attacks.
Simple facts that you can't disprove.
You act as those these infections aren't preventable. Almost all of them are. Indeed how many people infect themselves running as a local admin and running or installing software outside of a web browser because it says something like "Flash player upgrade!" or some web site will "warn you of an infection" that can be easily "cleaned up" by running this "simple program"?
Yes yes yes and windows having you by default as an admin has nothing to do with the success of the attacks.
Lol you are on crack. Countless millions get infected constantly doing so. Safe and surfing can't be connected when on windows. End of story.
In my experience the number 1 safety is not the browser, or blocking flash, or blocking ads, but just not looking or surfing the crap
This is nonsense. Even Linux discourages the use of root for full time use for exactly the same reasons it's a bad idea for Windows. There isn't a more important concept in computer security than that of least privileged user.
Actually. Safe and surfing can occur on any machine and any os is and any browser. Unless of course you are browsing and surfing less than stand up websites (porn, torrents, etc etc)
In my experience the number 1 safety is not the browser, or blocking flash, or blocking ads, but just not looking or surfing the crap
All that is the comparison between apple and droid, what % is higher users?Other OSes are not targeted much at all and are therefore inherently safer to use on the web.
Someone tried to make a point how all the internet backbone servers are Linux, well tell me how hackers took down 17 of the 19 main ones a few years back?
All that is the comparison between apple and droid, what % is higher users?
I been surfing with Windows 20 years and only ever caught 1 virus and that was I copied a help folder of a PLC program at work to a floppy and brought it home so I could further my knowledge, forgot it was in machine and rebooted and got 'Stoned Empire Monkey' from a laptop at work? I said never again and it hasn't happened. I've caught a few bugs from PUP software like Ashampoo=yes IOBIT=yes
Point is you think you safe with your Linux for losers and you not. I've shared a few beers with a person who worked for those agencies said they think they incognito but they aren't. If they want in there it can be done. Anything can be done these days.
Someone tried to make a point how all the internet backbone servers are Linux, well tell me how hackers took down 17 of the 19 main ones a few years back?
Security through obscurity. If Linux had been the dominate desktop OS on the market it would have suffered plenty of attacks over the years on the desktop. Linux servers get hacked constantly.
Is he 12 or 14?If cows would have wings they could fly.
Is he 12 or 14?
For a casual surfer the chance of running into an alternative OS attack on the internet is about the same of winning the lottery. Twice.
And this is where folks will get into trouble. Many attacks online these days don't target local hardware, they attack sites and services where the local OS is irrelevant. As far as local malware is concerned, the vast bulk of that is due to people doing that are easily mitigated. Is Linux better in this regard, yes due to security through obscurity and sure that works. But a person that's taking no responsibility in what they are doing online and clicking on this and doing that thinking that their OS is going to protect them always is going to get into trouble sooner or later regardless of the local OS.
If you click 100 infected sites 100 times, are you going to find one attack that wouldn't target windows? I doubt it. By using windows you expose yourself to every possible threat there is basically.
Yeah, watched a lot of Netflix this past weekend using my Surface 3 connected to my TV over HDMI and sound passed through, buttery smooth even for an Atom tablet. No issues with pausing either.
I have seen issues with Netflix with insider builds, not this particular one but crashing and freezing at times. No problems in any device since 10240 though.
I see things like "Upgrade your Flash Player now!" or "Your computer is infected, clean it now!" all of the time and I ignore them. I get that Linux is more secure from security obscurity to these kinds of attacks. But they aren't exactly hard to avoid even by the average person that's told not to install stuff UNLESS they have some trust in what it is they are installing. It's no different than letting a stranger in your house unless you have some trust in who that stranger is.
how about with an actual desktop pc? im also running dual monitors, one through the hdmi to my tv and the other through dvi cable to my desktop monitor. i just installed the version that they released free that downloaded by itself, no idea what build it was. While its playing it plays fine, but if i pause it and then hit play again the sound doesnt kick in for a few seconds, very odd. doesnt happen in win 7 on same hardware.
He fails to understand that the most commonly used device is always the biggest target so yea theres gonna be more vulnerabilities hackers have found for it.
I think he gets it fine but thinks security by obscurity is nearly bullet proof. To some extent I get that type of thinking but it's not safe if one thinks the OS is going to protect them from everything. If you're online you have to have some awareness of what's going on otherwise you will end up in trouble, no matter the OS.
I see things like "Upgrade your Flash Player now!" or "Your computer is infected, clean it now!" all of the time and I ignore them. I get that Linux is more secure from security obscurity to these kinds of attacks. But they aren't exactly hard to avoid even by the average person that's told not to install stuff UNLESS they have some trust in what it is they are installing. It's no different than letting a stranger in your house unless you have some trust in who that stranger is.
I think he gets it fine but thinks security by obscurity is nearly bullet proof. To some extent I get that type of thinking but it's not safe if one thinks the OS is going to protect them from everything. If you're online you have to have some awareness of what's going on otherwise you will end up in trouble, no matter the OS.
I think he gets it fine but thinks security by obscurity is nearly bullet proof. To some extent I get that type of thinking but it's not safe if one thinks the OS is going to protect them from everything. If you're online you have to have some awareness of what's going on otherwise you will end up in trouble, no matter the OS.
Yes as we all know the absolute majority of computer users are total illiterates that have no idea what they're doing.
Nobody can surf the web safely using windows, in any conditions. Antiviruses etc. are a joke, 100% of computers I've found infected have all been running an up to date antivirus lol.
Using windows online is like waving an American passport and your christian cross in the Isis headquarters. You will get attacked and attacked hard.
and listening to your nonsense makes me want to punch baby kittens....
I'm sorry but do you actually think you need to click something to get infected? That's not the case. All it takes is you to open the browser on a page that has embedded flash. Done.
That's a Flash/browser vulnerability not an OS vulnerability. Chrome doesn't use flash for this reason.
That's a Flash/browser vulnerability not an OS vulnerability. Chrome doesn't use flash for this reason.
That's a Flash/browser vulnerability not an OS vulnerability. Chrome doesn't use flash for this reason.
That's a Flash/browser vulnerability not an OS vulnerability. Chrome doesn't use flash for this reason.