alt Hacker NewsCounterpoint. End users have a right to mitigate this issue on their systems.
It is a really really bad look for Linux, puts a bit of water on all hype around switching from Windows.
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As opposed to all other operating systems with no CVEs ever?
Hype around switching from Windows servers?
What happens if someone does the exploit in WSL?
You clearly have no idea how often windows has unpatched privesc exploits.
>> puts a bit of water on all hype around switching from Windows.
Said no one ever...present post excluded :-))
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Imagine an ignorant response like this from Apple? One of the most short sighted comments I've seen on HN in some time. And the double down! A true master class in misunderstanding the issue and the entire FOSS ecosystem in two sentences.
It does? The disclosure even says the concern for single user systems is very low. If someone has access to your single user system, remote or otherwise, you’ve already lost on the sort of device people would be switching from windows to Linux on.