Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2005 19:04:34 +0200 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Bj=F6rn_K=F6nig?= <bkoenig@cs.tu-berlin.de> To: Gayn Winters <gayn.winters@mail.bristolsystems.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Spyware on FreeBSD? Message-ID: <42D549A2.4030901@cs.tu-berlin.de> In-Reply-To: <01cd01c587ca$bbfc12d0$c901a8c0@workdog> References: <01cd01c587ca$bbfc12d0$c901a8c0@workdog>
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Gayn Winters wrote: > How immune is a FreeBSD system from spyware? For sure, we should all be > following the standard advice of NEVER surfing the web using the root > account! Thus a modification of this question is: if we do not surf the > web using root, can we still get infected with spyware? I think it's irrelevant whether you use FreeBSD or any other operating system. In my opinion the most critical factors are the user and the installed software, e.g. your browser and your mail client. Surprisingly this applies to Windows too; you can keep privacy if you follow some essential rules, even with Windows. Björn
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