muhyb@programming.dev to linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 11 hours agoIf it ain't broke, don't fix iti.ibb.coimagemessage-square69fedilinkarrow-up1695arrow-down15
arrow-up1690arrow-down1imageIf it ain't broke, don't fix iti.ibb.comuhyb@programming.dev to linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 11 hours agomessage-square69fedilink
minus-squareViceversa@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down24·8 hours ago There is no fixing microsoft But there is. People create their own fixes, configurations and utilities all the time.
minus-squarejaybone@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up44·8 hours agoBy reverse engineering black box shit, then providing binaries everyone is just supposed to trust don’t also contain malware?
minus-squaredjdarren@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·5 hours agoAnd those binaries are to fix the black box shit that is subject to alteration at any time, rendering them useless.
minus-squareteslekova@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 hours agoYeah, because they usually don’t. One reason I started using Linux was that I started caring more about security. However, Windows tweaking apps never burned me.
But there is. People create their own fixes, configurations and utilities all the time.
By reverse engineering black box shit, then providing binaries everyone is just supposed to trust don’t also contain malware?
And those binaries are to fix the black box shit that is subject to alteration at any time, rendering them useless.
Yeah, because they usually don’t. One reason I started using Linux was that I started caring more about security. However, Windows tweaking apps never burned me.
Still