muhyb@programming.dev to linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 2 days agoIf it ain't broke, don't fix iti.ibb.coimagemessage-square117linkfedilinkarrow-up11.11Karrow-down113
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minus-squareViceversa@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down41·1 day ago There is no fixing microsoft But there is. People create their own fixes, configurations and utilities all the time.
minus-squarejaybone@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up59·1 day agoBy reverse engineering black box shit, then providing binaries everyone is just supposed to trust don’t also contain malware?
minus-squaredjdarren@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29·1 day agoAnd those binaries are to fix the black box shit that is subject to alteration at any time, rendering them useless.
minus-squareteslekova@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·1 day agoYeah, because they usually don’t. One reason I started using Linux was that I started caring more about security. However, Windows tweaking apps never burned me.
But there is. People create their own fixes, configurations and utilities all the time.
By reverse engineering black box shit, then providing binaries everyone is just supposed to trust don’t also contain malware?
And those binaries are to fix the black box shit that is subject to alteration at any time, rendering them useless.
Yeah, because they usually don’t. One reason I started using Linux was that I started caring more about security. However, Windows tweaking apps never burned me.
Still