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US cyber expert: Microsoft is a national security risk
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<blockquote data-quote="Victor M" data-source="post: 1084429" data-attributes="member: 96560"><p>If you watch the video : <a href="https://www.theregister.com/2024/04/21/microsoft_national_security_risk/" target="_blank">Why Microsoft is a national security threat</a> . The ex Director of Cyber Policy did not say 'Microsoft is a national security risk' himself, but only agreed to it when prompted by the interviewer.</p><p></p><p>The interviewer was citing another interview where Adam Meyers, head of Counter Adversary Operations at CrowdStrike seems to have said that. <a href="https://www.theregister.com/2024/04/05/microsoft_government_contracts/" target="_blank">US government keeps paying Microsoft despite infosec errors</a></p><p></p><p>But the director does espouse that more competition is good. And that diversification has a security resilience benefit. So users here at MT should try that and try other OS's.</p><p></p><p> There is a thread here on MT discussing security at the Linux front: <a href="https://malwaretips.com/threads/the-future-of-security-on-linux.105750/" target="_blank">Advice Request - The future of security on Linux</a> .</p><p></p><p>Most people think they are locked in to Windows because of the availability of games. But Steam is available on Linux too. Here are the simple instructions to install Steam on Ubuntu : <a href="https://www.zdnet.com/article/how-to-install-steam-on-any-ubuntu-based-linux-distribution-so-you-can-play-a-world-of-games/" target="_blank">How to install Steam on any Ubuntu-based Linux distro so you can play a world of games</a></p><p></p><p>The UnReal engine is also availble for Ubuntu. <a href="https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/download" target="_blank">https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/download</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Victor M, post: 1084429, member: 96560"] If you watch the video : [URL='https://www.theregister.com/2024/04/21/microsoft_national_security_risk/']Why Microsoft is a national security threat[/URL] . The ex Director of Cyber Policy did not say 'Microsoft is a national security risk' himself, but only agreed to it when prompted by the interviewer. The interviewer was citing another interview where Adam Meyers, head of Counter Adversary Operations at CrowdStrike seems to have said that. [URL='https://www.theregister.com/2024/04/05/microsoft_government_contracts/']US government keeps paying Microsoft despite infosec errors[/URL] But the director does espouse that more competition is good. And that diversification has a security resilience benefit. So users here at MT should try that and try other OS's. There is a thread here on MT discussing security at the Linux front: [URL='https://malwaretips.com/threads/the-future-of-security-on-linux.105750/']Advice Request - The future of security on Linux[/URL] . Most people think they are locked in to Windows because of the availability of games. But Steam is available on Linux too. Here are the simple instructions to install Steam on Ubuntu : [URL='https://www.zdnet.com/article/how-to-install-steam-on-any-ubuntu-based-linux-distribution-so-you-can-play-a-world-of-games/']How to install Steam on any Ubuntu-based Linux distro so you can play a world of games[/URL] The UnReal engine is also availble for Ubuntu. [URL]https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/download[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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