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Cake day: February 2nd, 2026

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  • …was so pauschal aber leider nicht stimmt. 😉

    Das Problem beginnt mit der Frage, was “Sicherheit” meint (von/vor was?) und wie man “Sicherheit” denn misst.

    Richtig ist: (Desktop-)Linux hat weniger Malware-Infektionen, sowohl in absoluten, als auch in relativen Zahlen. Das klingt erstmal gut, liegt aber schlicht daran, dass es weniger verbreitet ist als Windows mit seinen ~85-90% PC-Marktanteil. So erklären sich sowohl die absolut, als auch relativ geringeren Infektionszahlen. Für konventionelle Kriminelle unter den Malware-Schreibern “lohnt” es sich schlicht weniger, Linux-Viren zu entwickeln. Das ist aber nicht in Stein gemeißelt: Zum einen gibt es durchaus Linux-Malwarey zum anderen kann sich sowas mit steigendem Linux-Marktanteil ändern.

    Hinzu kommt, dass Linux weiterhin eine eher technikaffine Nutzerbasis hat. Mit besserem technischem Verständnis gehen aber auch bessere Sicherheitspraktiken einher: Ein technisch versierter Benutzer ist vorsichtiger im Umgang mit Links und Anhängen, installiert nicht blind jedes Stückchen Software, und hält sein System konsequenter aktuell.

    Du siehst: Sicherheit ist kein Zustand, Sicherheit ist ein Prozess (manche sagen auch: eine Geisteshaltung). Ruh dich also nicht zu sehr aus, nur weil du jetzt vielleicht Linux fährst. 😉










  • I’ve always been quite techie (maybe not by trade, but by passion), and been decoupling from big tech solutions ever since the Snowden revelations dropped. Ditched a lot of non-free software and services first (MS Office -> LibreOffice being one of the biggest), then switched to Desktop Linux and degoogled Android. I suppose self-hosting my own services and taking control of my network was the next logical step on this journey. That, and immich. It’s so ridiculously good, it single-handedly made me want to run my first real server.



  • You’re not wrong. But as you said yourself, this only applies to your own hardware. Some of us do engage in this weird thing called “going outside”, with some taking it as far as not only going there to touch grass, but also meet other people (gross, I know).

    In these situations, even I, an individual who has

    • a private e-mail that is exactly that: private (through aliases and strict protocols as to who gets the root address)
    • a physical mailbox mostly clean of ads because advertisers either do not get my address in the first place, or they get a friendly letter telling them where to shove their catalogues
    • adblocker plugins in every browser
    • hosts-based blocking on top of that and
    • a network-wide DNS-based adblocker just for good measure,

    even I, builder, king and prisoner of this privacy fortress, am exposed to ads when I occasionally leave it.

    I see ads when my kid asks me to read out to him the contents of that colourful banner above the parking lot.

    I see ads when I watch cable TV with my parents and they just let the ad break wash over them like a jovial stream of diarrhea.

    I see ads when I go shopping and I cannot focus on my own thoughts because only a few metres away there’s an ad screen loudly announcing the technological marvels of Buddy’s Fully-automatic Butt Crack Scratcher to the world.

    In these situations, I really feel the contents of that OP. I feel the brazen attempt to steal my attention when all I want is to be present. I feel the insult to my intelligence because some twat in marketing decided I’m unable to or unworthy of making my own decisions. And I feel the need to quell this frivolous invasion of my time and headspace.

    And that’s why, in these situations, I take the liberty to turn off the shop’s TV while I’m there. I take my parent’s remote, mute the ad diarrhea and strike up a conversation. And I promise the kiddo to read him something proper once we get home, but not one of those stupid ads.

    (We recently pulled up in front of another giant ad banner, and the little guy went: “Dad, that’s just another one of those stupid ads, right?” Imagine how proud dad was, seeing that another system-wide adblocker had been installed…)

    Thanks for coming to my TED talk!