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Comment by hu3

24 days ago

Linux is not making anything less secure than other OSs.

In fact it even gives the user more security tools.

So I fail to reason on you singling out Linux here.

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charcircuit  24 days ago

Take for example iOS and Android. All apps are sandboxed by default. You can't make a program that just steals all of your credentials like you can on desktop Linux. Having security tools means nothing if they aren't being used.

  • hu3  24 days ago

    No one is running npm in Android or iOS.

    A more apt comparison is vs Windows and macOS.

    And Linux offer more than these two with regards to security.

    • charcircuit  24 days ago

      They aren't because Node haven't developed a Node app for them. Desktop Linux does not offer more security than macOS. macOS has proper security around stuff like apps using the mic and camera.