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Windows Is 'Insecure By Design,' Says Washington Post

Posted by timothy on from the tradeoffs-are-everywhere dept.

Circuit Breaker writes "A Washington Post article says Microsoft Windows is insecure by design. Quote: 'Between the Blaster worm and the Sobig virus, it's been a long two weeks for Windows users. But nobody with a Mac or a Linux PC has had to lose a moment of sleep over these outbreaks -- just like in earlier "malware" epidemics. This is not a coincidence.'"

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  1. Is it just me? by iamplasma · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Is it just me, or does anyone else wish we had a Fark.com-style "OBVIOUS" tag for these types of stories?

  2. Re:Ummm... by hdparm · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    My friend, I've got a good chance of being moded -1, Flamebait. I'd be very surprised if you're still on +2 after I post this :o)

  3. Hate to break it to ya by Quill_28 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    But Unix is insecure by design also.

    Maybe not as bad as Windows, but still.

  4. Re:If it were that easy... by JCMay · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    (-1: Troll)? Aw, come on. That was funny!