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[Alemi]

Your post wasn't really a warning it was more an assumption that could have been prevented if you used an authenticator. Then you proceed to say OMG LOOK AT ME IZ KNOW DA GMS BRO. Instead of saying something like "Fortunately they were able to restore my account and all is well. Just a heads up for people who like to browse MMO-Champion and forget to authenticate".

This. You realize GM, Devs, and the like can loose their jobs for outting themselves on their characters. Just saying.

[Koralon]

Hey guys, I know this GM and I just wanted you all to know that, go me!

[zenga]

Yet another hacked account on a windows computer ...

[Svpernova09]

Yet another hacked account on a windows computer ...

Because Linux is a foolproof and 100% secure Operating System


/just saying

[zenga]

Because Linux is a foolproof and 100% secure Operating System


/just saying

You are comparing apples with tomatoes, since according to that article you need a working user account to exploit the bug. 'foolproof & 100% are your words. Don't think anyone with common sense is gonna state that something that is made by humans can ever be 100% foolproof. But it's pretty clear that both operating systems play in a different league, one in the secure league, and another one in the insecure league. You blame him for not having an authenticator, by that same logic i blame him for not having a secure OS.

[Svpernova09]

You are comparing apples with tomatoes, since according to that article you need a working user account to exploit the bug. 'foolproof & 100% are your words. Don't think anyone with common sense is gonna state that something that is made by humans can ever be 100% foolproof. But it's pretty clear that both operating systems play in a different league, one in the secure league, and another one in the insecure league. You blame him for not having an authenticator, by that same logic i blame him for not having a secure OS.

I understand your argument as well as your logic. I was just pointing out it's not always so simple as "not having a secure OS"

[Ughmahedhurtz]

But it's pretty clear that both operating systems play in a different league, one in the popular league, and another one in the obscure league.

Fixed that for ya.

There are more people surfing the web using Java ME as their OS than linux. Yeah, I get the point about basic differences in design but you can't really judge something that falls below the statistical noise floor of usage against something that 92% of the world uses. Apples and tomatoes, indeed, as you have completely different players in the game. Hackers who are out to actually make money wouldn't target linux even if it were LESS secure because there's no money in it due to the vanishingly small market.

[zenga]

Fixed that for ya.
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Personally I prefer that you would quote me without changing what I wrote. There are other ways to make your point instead of making it look like I wrote that. But obviously I have no influence on that. Anyways:

Hackers who are out to actually make money wouldn't target linux even if it were LESS secure because there's no money in it due to the vanishingly small market.

You forget the fact that Linux is widely used in the server market as well. Saying there's no money in there for a hacker is ... well being ignorant tmho. Obviously there is a difference how a server & home user are being targeted by hackers. Calling an opensource os so widely used among top universities, businesses & scientific organizations 'obscure', compared to a commercial closed source os with a past of failure, is ... well plain stupid.

[kate]

I don't know any WoW GMs but I do know some people who make very little money at customer service jobs dealing with a never-ending stream of drooling morons, which is pretty much the same thing.

[Zub]

you should stop advertising for non-windows OS.
If enough people hear you and make the move, so will the hackers.You basically have nothing to gain, and everything to lose.

TLDR: gloating about the awesome lack of virus/hacks of your OS will only bring viruses/hackers to your OS in the long term.
just saying