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oakchild · 12-16-08, 05:53

Please pardon my oncoming rant / lecture. And forgive me for going

, but I really feel this needs to be said. Probably would go better in the http://forums.mycotopia.net/resist-rebel/ forum.

Okay, here it is:

Not to be an OS zealot / evangelist, but I don't understand why anyone who cares about security and anonymity is still using Windows. And in particular, I don't understand why people still run IE on Windows. Internet Explorer is the second largest viral entry route into your Windows machine (Outlook and Outlook express being the first largest hole). If you must run Windows, I beseech you to at least use Firefox or Opera for your web browser, and webmail or Thunderbird for your email client!

If you really value your privacy and security, I highly recommend you take Ubuntu for a spin. At the very least buy a spare hard drive (~$40) and dual boot your machine. Keep windows for games and any software you absolutely need Windows for, and run Linux for your general day to day computing activities.

Also, OSX is a pretty stable and secure OS. Still not as bullet proof as Linux or BSD, but pretty good none the less.

BTW: People here might find this little bit of info useful in general.

Some people I go to school with (Computer Science Majors), found a trivial javascript exploit that affects all web browsers by using the "Feature" that causes links that have already been clicked on to change color. With a very small amount of javascript any website can enumerate a list of URLs and know if you have been to any of those URLs. This is a bug which will likely never be patched as you either have to disable javascript or remove the color changing of URLs that you have already read (Which people would really scream about if that happend).

This makes another very good case for running Firefox as you can at least install a plugin called "NoScript" which will allow you to selectivly allow javascript for only sites that you explicitly trust to run scripts on your computer.

Blessings,
Oakchild

8-)

12-16-08, 05:53	#5 (permalink)
oakchild Mycotopiate Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 389	Please pardon my oncoming rant / lecture. And forgive me for going , but I really feel this needs to be said. Probably would go better in the http://forums.mycotopia.net/resist-rebel/ forum. Okay, here it is: Not to be an OS zealot / evangelist, but I don't understand why anyone who cares about security and anonymity is still using Windows. And in particular, I don't understand why people still run IE on Windows. Internet Explorer is the second largest viral entry route into your Windows machine (Outlook and Outlook express being the first largest hole). If you must run Windows, I beseech you to at least use Firefox or Opera for your web browser, and webmail or Thunderbird for your email client! If you really value your privacy and security, I highly recommend you take Ubuntu for a spin. At the very least buy a spare hard drive (~$40) and dual boot your machine. Keep windows for games and any software you absolutely need Windows for, and run Linux for your general day to day computing activities. Also, OSX is a pretty stable and secure OS. Still not as bullet proof as Linux or BSD, but pretty good none the less. BTW: People here might find this little bit of info useful in general. Some people I go to school with (Computer Science Majors), found a trivial javascript exploit that affects all web browsers by using the "Feature" that causes links that have already been clicked on to change color. With a very small amount of javascript any website can enumerate a list of URLs and know if you have been to any of those URLs. This is a bug which will likely never be patched as you either have to disable javascript or remove the color changing of URLs that you have already read (Which people would really scream about if that happend). This makes another very good case for running Firefox as you can at least install a plugin called "NoScript" which will allow you to selectivly allow javascript for only sites that you explicitly trust to run scripts on your computer. Blessings, Oakchild 8-)