Aug. 13, 2022, 2:44 p.m. | jmau111

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In this post, I wrote about Linux security. My point was the OS can be quite robust, but certainly not bulletproof by default, so it's a huge mistake to trust it too much.





Disclaimer


Linux is a wonderful OS. Here, we only "enumerate" the dark parts and things that could go wrong.





Linux is everywhere


While Linux holds about 1% of the market if you only consider the end users, it's used everywhere in reality:



  • IoT devices

  • Cloud-based architectures …

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