Ruben Schade  đź”° 🇦🇺1d ago

My recent post about Linux monoculture being bad for security has now started generating responses from people saying other systems are insecure.

I... yes? Literally the point of the post. In the words of infosec professional Bob Dylan, everything is broken. Diversity is strength.

Show threadStefano Marinelli

@rubenerd yes, I know that feeling. Every time I say using the BSDs is good to avoid monoculture, (some) people start shouting "but less eyes means less secure!"

Somehow, some think that adoption rate is proportional to the security.

I usually stop them saying that Windows is the most used desktop os, but, by far, the less secure.

May 11 at 6:26amWeb
Show threadPhil Dennis-Jordan1d ago
@stefano @rubenerd I assume these are the same people who seem to think that high “velocity” (i.e. rate of change in the code base) is unconditionally a good thing*…
(* It can be, depending on what you’re building and the maturity of the project. I’d argue that for an established OS it probably isn’t but what do I know.)