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    IT Department's Plan (i.imgur.com)
    submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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    [โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

    The best answer, of course, is to not use windows for anything that needs to be secure.

    Edit: For those who think I'm wrong, cool. I'm not but you are welcome to disagree.

    • Linux admins here: Quiet nods and knowing looks.
    • Windows admins here: quiet awkward glances at each other to see if anyone wants to defend MS today.
    • Mac admins here: quiet awkward glances to see if anyone feels like this was any better than a coin toss chance of happening just to Macs, today, instead.
    [โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

    Theoretically, this could hit Linux too. You could run a Linux kernel mod containing closed source stuff from a third party vendor which causes the system to kernel panic. The difference is really cultural. Linux admins would howl at that kind of setup, whereas for Windows it's more standard.