Microsoft 'Loves' Linux So Much That It's Spreading FUD About It All Over the Media for 3 Days in a Row (So Far)
- Dr. Roy Schestowitz
- 2021-07-28 10:53:51 UTC
- Modified: 2021-07-28 10:56:14 UTC
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Summary: The stubborn cult at Microsoft likes telling us all -- especially officials and decision-makers -- a bunch lies like, "we invest [some amount of money] in security" and "security is our goal", but in reality the money is sunk into hiring ('buying') firms with "security" in their name, bribing publishers for mindless PR/platitudes that cast critics of Microsoft insecurity/ies as "fanatics", "bashers", "jealous", "irrational" et cetera; finally, actual money goes into collaborations with the NSA on back doors, i.e. the exact opposite of security. The video above is a follow-up or sequel for something we meme-ified two days ago; we've since then included more examples (with editorial comments added to the links) in our News Roundups/Daily Links; Western media follows the same script we saw in Indian Web sites on Sunday and the objective is to paint Linux as "equally insecure" if not less secure than Windows. As already noted on Sunday, in a much longer video, the 'Linux' malware (it has nothing to do with Linux itself!) needs user intervention, neglect, or even sabotage to even get on the compromised systems in the first place. One can guess what situation or which incidents Microsoft is ever so eager to distract/deflect from...
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