2024 is the Year of Linux on the Desktop, at least for my boyfriend. He’s running Windows 7 right now, so I’ll be switching him to Ubuntu in a few days. Ubuntu was chosen because Proton is officially supported in Ubuntu.

  • Takios@feddit.de
    177·
    11 months ago

    People don’t care about security until they get hit. Source: working in IT for 10 years.

    • hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      61·
      11 months ago

      And then suddenly they care a lot and do all the wrong things for wrong reasons because they know shit

      • Madlaine@feddit.de
        51·
        11 months ago

        “I don’t worry about missing security patches. I just have 5 anti-virus tools running simultaneously, they keep me safe.”

          • De Lancre@lemmy.world
            212·
            11 months ago

            I mean, they do make your device slow. That why tools like InSpectre exists. For some old cpu’s like my notebooks one it can be up to 20% performance impact, so if you not planning to use it with internet (or at least as main access point via browser) ever again, why not get yourself free performance?

            • silly goose meekah@lemmy.world
              13·
              11 months ago

              sure, if you actually plan to take the device off the network, it should be fine. but that’s definitely not what most people who complain about that will do.

        • 3ntranced@lemmy.world
          1·
          11 months ago

          And all of the anti-virus tools are 50 updates behind so they’re essentially non-functional bloatware even moreso

      • Coasting0942@reddthat.com
        5·
        11 months ago

        Effective immediately employees must update passwords every week, and cannot match any past password.

        Managers will receive hardware security dongles to make their logins easier. Employees may feel free to register their personal hardware security dongles on site but off the clock.

      • SapphironZA@lemmings.world
        201·
        11 months ago

        I would support a law that requires software companies to open source software that they discontinue support on.

        That way, companies that disappear don’t have their customers at risk.

        And software companies will support software for longer.