nat_turner_overdrive [he/him] to technology • 1 year agoAfter 30 Years, Linux Finally Hits 3% Market Shareexternal-linkmessage-square68 fedilinkarrow-up1136file-textcross-posted to: linux@programming.devlinux@lemmy.ml
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minus-squareusernamesaredifficul [he/him]hexbear2·1 year agothe Venezuelan government uses linux because they don't trust microsoft not to spy on them. Somewhat baselessly tbh as Microsoft would only stand to loose money by working with the CIA as they already have all the US government contracts anyway link
minus-squarespace_comrade [he/him]hexbear3·edit-21 year agoIt's not entirely unlikely that Microsoft has backdoors, look at how easily they can just force an update on you without your consent. Yes Enterprise editions usually have all that crap disabled but still you can't really be completely sure. link
the Venezuelan government uses linux because they don't trust microsoft not to spy on them. Somewhat baselessly tbh as Microsoft would only stand to loose money by working with the CIA as they already have all the US government contracts anyway
It's not entirely unlikely that Microsoft has backdoors, look at how easily they can just force an update on you without your consent.
Yes Enterprise editions usually have all that crap disabled but still you can't really be completely sure.