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Re: Windows versus Mac

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Originally Posted by Boltman View Post
Every system was hacked at Pwn2Own 2016 this year including Windows . Windows 10 is pretty anti-hacker though with UAC and MIC Windows since Vista has been a fairly tough target. Windows Phone has received top billing at toughest mobile OS to hack and all nine FIPS certs. Microsoft for years had a hacking target on their back, they hardened the OS dramatically.

The hacks you read about today are all mobile for the most part IOS and Android.
FreeBSD always had a bullseye because for a decade real ISP infrastructure targets used it.
Windows has gotten much better but still the UAC does not help uninformed users.
The UAC does also not encourage least privilege.
Discounting the plethora of hacks created by common applications in the Windows ecosystem makes it easier for Microsoft to claim victories for security while blaming users for using it.
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Originally Posted by Toatekua View Post
And ChromeOS is "unhackable".

Four years and the reward that Google has is still there.
Why hack ChromeOS when you can hack Google's backend with the real targets of value?
A breach in Google Docs would wipe out some law firms I know.

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