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"It's not safe to run an internet facing Windows box right now," a hacker who used to work in the US Department of Defense said to Motherboard.

I'm thinking this could be a good time to introduce your friends to .

I wrote a bit on why over on Reddit: reddit.com/r/linux/comments/65

Malcolm Gin ☵ @perigee

@forteller The US Government, unfortunately, even the really deep tech network groups, eventually, generally, have to answer to their own security audits and recommendations, which are so far behind the times as to beggar the imagination. So yeah, they know about Linux and use it where they can, because there are so many Windows exploits, but the requirements and audits are so mandatory they cannot always do so (I contracted to the DHS for a while).

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