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<blockquote data-quote="Decopi" data-source="post: 1099261" data-attributes="member: 67091">Your comment is excellent.Windows is far from perfect (no software is perfect). But what is wrong, is to criticize Windows (or its firewall), confusing “security” with “usability”. It is not true that Windows is not secure only because of flaws in its programming. Windows is not secure, mainly because its “default” mode is focused on “usability” (average-Joe).And it is a manipulation to talk about Windows “default” comparing it with third-parties that are blockers or that have settings/configurations not focused on “usability” (it&#039;s like comparing tomatoes with bananas). In order to make this comparison, you have to equal the level of the mode of the software (Windows have to be customized for blocking). I repeat, &quot;default&quot; mode of third-party software in not the same &quot;default&quot; mode of Windows.And Windows in blocking mode has no software that can compete with it. The third-parties software, whether firewall or antivirus, are not better in security than Windows, some are better because they have a user-friendly GUI, or because their default mode is more advanced and manage to automate some protections etc, but for average-Joe, Windows is good enough.In my case I don&#039;t use Windows Defender nor Windows Firewall because I&#039;m not an average user, and because I&#039;m interested in hardware performance. But it would be irresponsible from my side to induce average users to use the software and settings that I use.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Decopi, post: 1099261, member: 67091"] Your comment is excellent. Windows is far from perfect (no software is perfect). But what is wrong, is to criticize Windows (or its firewall), confusing “security” with “usability”. It is not true that Windows is not secure only because of flaws in its programming. Windows is not secure, mainly because its “default” mode is focused on “usability” (average-Joe). And it is a manipulation to talk about Windows “default” comparing it with third-parties that are blockers or that have settings/configurations not focused on “usability” (it's like comparing tomatoes with bananas). In order to make this comparison, you have to equal the level of the mode of the software (Windows have to be customized for blocking). I repeat, "default" mode of third-party software in not the same "default" mode of Windows. And Windows in blocking mode has no software that can compete with it. The third-parties software, whether firewall or antivirus, are not better in security than Windows, some are better because they have a user-friendly GUI, or because their default mode is more advanced and manage to automate some protections etc, but for average-Joe, Windows is good enough. In my case I don't use Windows Defender nor Windows Firewall because I'm not an average user, and because I'm interested in hardware performance. But it would be irresponsible from my side to induce average users to use the software and settings that I use. [/QUOTE]

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