Blaster M @ Blaster_M @lemmy.world

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pony on the front, lol

Ironically, the Aztek is way better, despite its age...

And yet, state actors have done exactly what you've laid out. This is challenge accepted to a hacker.

Ah, yes, I see the Year to Ierom ratio is heavily stacked in the Ierom end.

Nice AI graph.

The Bible's track of history is unique in that it doesn't just show when the people written about did good, it also shows when they did bad. David was good, until he got into that affair with Bathsheba, and indirectly got her husband killed in battle. He was called out on that part by a prophet speaking in behalf of God, and the only reason he lived was that he repented, but he still lost their first child because of it.

Solomon was the king with a thousand wives. He asked God for smarts when presented with an option to ask for anything and be granted it, and he was granted that and more for thinking spiritually and not materially, but then he started getting into the whole wives and concubines thing. Another example of "started out good, but then got sucked into doing bad", as he was given advance prophecy that Israel would be broken into pieces over this. Which happened when his son took over and made things worse.

If hypervisor security is an addon I can add via a suite of packages, okay. But, I don't see that. Besides, OP is asking about why it isn't part of the system natively. What's the fault in the point?

Incorrect. The difference is not that there's a server edition or desktop edition (which for many linux distros, there very much are server and desktop editions, even if the only difference is which packages are installed by default), but that when you properly setup a server with internet-exposed services, you usually are smart enough, have gone to school for this, learned from experience, or all of the above, how to secure a linux system for server use, and should have a configuration setup that would be inconvenient at best for a desktop, but is more secure for the purpose of a server. In addition, when running a server, you stick to what you need, you don't arbitrarily download stuff onto a server, as that could break your live service(s) if something goes wrong.

The average desktop user does not have any of that experience or knowledge to lock down their system like ft knox, nor do they have the willpower to resist clicking on / downloading and running what they shouldn't, so if most of everyone stopped using Windows and jumped to Linux, you would see a lot more serious issues than the occasional halfass attempt at linux malware.

If a browserjack malware does a complicated zero-click attack to gain root when you accidently typo a website, unfettered access to the system by root is a big problem. This is why SELinux exists. This is why browser sandboxing exists. This is why virtualization of modules and drivers and so on exists. This "security theatre" as you call it is to provide protection. Is protection guaranteed? No, but it's the difference between locking your door at night and leaving it wide open.

Ah, yes, I do enjoy spending 6 months rebuilding my daily driven car in the garage because the air filter is integrated deep in the engine and not easily replaceable.

The whole "I compile all my linux from source" might work if you are an IT major or have a lot of free time you can devote to maintaining your PC, but the majority of people that use a PC do not have the time, skill, attention span, or knowledge to do any more than press "Easy" and let the system have at it.

This is a question I myself have wondered for a long while now. Before the Arch warriors come in to shout about how Secure Boot is evil and also useless and how everything Windows, Mac, and so on does for security is only needed because they're insecure and not free and spyware and other angry words, I agree with your assessment.

The problem is that while Linux is well tested in Server environments, it is still an insignificant factor on the desktop. Servers are very well locked down in a lot of cases, so if something makes its way into the system itself, many security mitigations on the way have already failed.

Desktops are different because the user is a lot more likely to install/run/browse to stuff that is dangerous.

Right now, the only saving grace for Linux is that malware targets Windows and Android primarily, the most commonly used operating systems. What's the point of targeting less than 4 percent of the world when you can target 90 percent of the world?

This will change if "The year of Linux desktop" actually happens and people start mass using Linux desktops. You can bet on more Linux malware happening.

Dr. Evil

America underway to try the Collapse% Speedrun

Jewish space lasers

forgot that bit

Diesel straight up doesn't run when it gets cold enough. Diesel fuel becomes jelly in the negatives. They have to mix it with avgas to keep it liquid enough.

It would be cool if they actually called themselves the NCR

Now that's something I'm looking for

Ah, yes, the ol' Bob Weottababyitzaboi

Had a Biblical right, but they forfeited it when they stopped following God and went and did things worse than the surrounding nations. They were rejected as a kingdom of God just before Babylon took over, and when they flash mobbed the Romans to execute Jesus, that completed the rejection. Israel has not been the Kingdom of God for 2,500 years, roughly, and definitely do not have his backing for this assault.

Running a winter-hardened rally car isn't cheap. They better get hazard pay.

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