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    [–] [email protected] 44 points 7 months ago (26 children)

    did..did you really started using linux because of porn?

    [–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago (7 children)

    That’s… quite the dedication. I personally just never downloaded things or ran random executables from porn sites, but hey… who am I to judge, I guess

    [–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (5 children)

    There's always a risk of JavaScript breaking out of the sandbox and crap like that. Browser vendors do their best to protect against things like that but security is often a trade-off for speed and people like fast software, not to mention browsers are huge and complex and they're going to have vulnerabilities. A browser's whole job is to execute remote untrusted code, do you trust it that much to be flawless?

    ...... I mean, I don't but I use it anyway so ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

    I mean, yeah, sure. But at this point, if that’s really a worry, one should not trust any sandbox. OSes are huge and complex and will have vulnerabilities too. Hell, there could be a xz level backdoor currently in the wild and nobody knows any better lol

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

    Right, that's where OP comes in - most malware will be made for Windows, so if you visit such a malicious website, it'll likely be inert under Linux!

    .... I'm not saying this is a great reason to use Linux, but there's at least a little bit of merit to it.

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