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Proof that Linux is insecure!!

Story: Kernel Bug Lay Undiscovered for Eight Years Total Replies: 4
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tuxchick

Aug 15, 2009
3:19 PM EDT 		Eight years of not patching this bug! Ha! Take that, dumb Linux hippies, here is proof that Windows security is better!

signed, NotAShill NoReally
moopst

Aug 15, 2009
10:55 PM EDT 		As long as the bug went undiscovered by the bad guys I'm OK with it. Oh, if it had been exploited by the bad guys it would have been found and fixed by the good guys pretty soon after the exploits emerged.
caitlyn

Aug 15, 2009
10:57 PM EDT 		@moopst: You're making sense. Fearmongers don't use common sense. FUD is based on spreading fear regardless of the truth so I am very sure that the FUDsters and astroturfers will exploit this to the max. Some already are...
jdixon

Aug 16, 2009
10:24 AM EDT 		> Some already are...

Yeah. I love how Windows fanbois are always comparing the user exploits occasionally found on Linux to the remote exploits routinely found on Windows. But I guess expecting them to understand the difference is just asking too much.
gus3

Aug 16, 2009
1:59 PM EDT 		Three syllables:

ActiveX.

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