A system is only as secure as it is set up to be. Even Windows can be secure. Most of those who make such claims that a system is insecure have, in most cases, never really took a look into it.
This is true, but I think if Linux was designed today it would have a permissions model similar to something like Android from the start. Every app would need explicit permission to access data and hardware, etc.
That doesn’t really help much. A person installing some random un-trustworthy .apk on their Android device is also just going to approve the app permission request.
A system is only as secure as it is set up to be. Even Windows can be secure. Most of those who make such claims that a system is insecure have, in most cases, never really took a look into it.
This is true, but I think if Linux was designed today it would have a permissions model similar to something like Android from the start. Every app would need explicit permission to access data and hardware, etc.
That doesn’t really help much. A person installing some random un-trustworthy .apk on their Android device is also just going to approve the app permission request.
It would be useful to a more security/privacy minded person though. There’s not much you can do to protect people from themselves.