Or run Linux in a VM in Windows and open it in Libreoffice. Or just run Linux and avoid Windows vulnerabilities. https://ssd.eff.org/en https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/851412539430891521 …
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And often the product of much less security design, testing, and quality assurance. You need many *capable* eyes.
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As demonstrated with the SSL vulnerabilities.
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less well defended? wrong on so many levels....
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One word for you: heartbleed.
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Open source runs Google servers (which your gmail is hosted on). Open source runs your Android phone. Open source runs Facebook & Twitter.
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FWIW, you may both be right. LibreOffice is not necessarily more secure than the MS products. But it is probably targeted less often.
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Open source has bugs, but it isn't in the same feature-driven upgrade frenzy to quickly write new ones.
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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It also looks like you missed the "in a vm" part. Could even do win-in-win vm if you insist it's more secure but IMO that's a mis-assessment
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I am trying to get journalists to stop using SMS and largely failing. VM not in immediate list.
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Bugs are a major security problem for Linux. True. But at the same time, it's harder to pwn Linux through user's lack of knowledge alone.
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Silly tricks like mailing an EXE file masquerading for a JPEG picture simply don't work by design.
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