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The reality is the wetwear that interfaces with any OS is always going to be the weakest link. Doesn't matter what OS they run, I guarantee they will click links and download files from anywhere.



I can pretty easily make it so a user on Linux can't download executables and can't even then can't do any damage without a severe vulnerability. That is actually pretty difficult to do in a typical Windows AD deployment. There is a big difference between the two OSes.

In fact, there's a couple billion Linux devices running around locked down hard enough that the most clueless users you can imagine don't get their bank details stolen.




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