Google Ditching Windows due to security risks

[raymor]

Report: Google to Dump Windows Internally Due to Security Concerns

http://www.dailytech.com/Report+Goog...ticle18574.htm

[seeandsee]

Chrome OS, can't wait to see that beauty in 5 yrs

[babymaker]

Pretty big news, but it even says here:

Linux and Macs, while no more secure than Windows, in most cases don't have enough market share to justify coding malware for them -- thus most attacks on these platforms are essentially academic exercises.

that macs and linux are no better just barely anyone uses them, you know hackers are going to want the honor of hacking google so now they will put their efforts big time onto macs Good for us windows users maybe lol

[BestXXXPorn]

Pretty big news, but it even says here:



that macs and linux are no better just barely anyone uses them, you know hackers are going to want the honor of hacking google so now they will put their efforts big time onto macs Good for us windows users maybe lol

So true, thanks for the minor diversion from Windows! In fact, Windows is arguably more secure if you factor in the amount of security holes which have been patches and the speed at which MS releases patches :P

Most hacks come from people running pirated copies of Windows or those that never get the updates...

[ProG]

This really makes no sense, especially coming from a company that claims to have the best and brightest employees (who use IE6 - wtf?). They claim moving to Macs will be more secure because they have a smaller percentage of attackers? LOL.

The target is Google, not Windows. They are only encouraging hackers to target Macs. If you love your Mac, you should be very worried about this announcement.

[Persius]

[babymaker]

Also how the fuck are they going to get rid of windows and run the biggest website online WTF?? This article must be from the onion lol, think about it, how can you not test with windows and IE and multiple employees a product that needs to goto 100% of the market 80+% of which is windows or IE ??

[babymaker]

I wonder why people forget that prob 80% of macs are used in video and graphic studios and recording studios and are offline and not used for surfing, of course they dont get attacked.

[$5 submissions]

It's all about competition and pimping that Press Release. The real issue is: will MSFT go the way of Netscape or can it get its shit together and stave off Apple and google in the netbook/phone OS space?

[NetHorse]

Whatever is the most widespread used OS will always have the most security vulnerabilities. I love how people say such and such OS is more secure, it's not, hackers just haven't created nearly as many exploits for those operating systems.

[signupdamnit]

This really makes no sense, especially coming from a company that claims to have the best and brightest employees (who use IE6 - wtf?). They claim moving to Macs will be more secure because they have a smaller percentage of attackers? LOL.

The target is Google, not Windows. They are only encouraging hackers to target Macs. If you love your Mac, you should be very worried about this announcement.

They aren't moving to Macs. They are mainly using Linux and their own Chrome OS. In the years past they have used a modified version of Ubuntu known as Goobuntu ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goobuntu ). According to that source over half of their employees use Goobuntu. Most of the people who use Macs are probably in departments such as marketing.

Linux and probably Macs are quite a bit more secure than Windows unless you take some unusual measures to secure them. Even using the normal malware scanners is not a lot of security since they do not detect many things and are not able to keep up with the new malware. Without special measures such as using a disk image or virtualization Windows is not realistically able to be secured in 2010 when under normal use.

[ProG]

Linux and probably Macs are quite a bit more secure than Windows

Sorry but this is just not true. Please show me something to backup that statement.

[signupdamnit]

Whatever is the most widespread used OS will always have the most security vulnerabilities. I love how people say such and such OS is more secure, it's not, hackers just haven't created nearly as many exploits for those operating systems.

There is validity to what you stated however the security model in use also is a significant factor. In Linux most distributions make use of trusted software repositories which makes malware more difficult to spread using a common method. Most users do not run as root (administrator) and access is strictly enforced based on privileges and rights. Linux is not immune to the possibility of such malware but is quite a bit more resistant to it when compared to the common Windows system. Especially when the system is administrated by a competent user or administrator.

[signupdamnit]

Sorry but this is just not true. Please show me something to backup that statement.

Sure. Before I start do you have experience with both Windows and Linux as a user and if so, how long with each? I want to see what I am dealing with before I answer.

[GatorB]

Google would get rid of most of their problems if they banned IE6 instead of banning Windows. If I workled for Google I'd tell them to take their macs and shove them up their asses.

This is like having your house broken into because the lock on the door was busted and Google's solution is to buy a new house.

[GrouchyAdmin]