Walter Dnes wrote: > On Tue, Jul 09, 2013 at 08:41:21PM -0500, Dale wrote > >> OK. I do banking online. I also pay my bills online along with social >> sites as well. I use Lastpass so that I can have some really REALLY >> funky passwords. I think I am one of few that has not had his facebook >> hacked. Anyway, I run Gentoo which is known here. I use >> Firefox/Seamonkey as my web browser. So next question sort of takes us >> back to my point with the knucklehead in the store. Am I safer, much >> safer, using Linux over windoze? That answer would take into account >> the fact that most virus/nasty code is written for windoze and not Linux >> but also that Linux is just built with security in mind. I belive that >> I am much safer with Linux myself. > You are safer overall. Just watch out for XSS (cross-site-scripting), > java, Flash, and acrobat exploits. >
That's my thinking but wanted a second opinion. So far, I have never had anything hacked. That includes social sites, banking and other financial stuff, email and other password protected stuff. I keep everything updated and use browsers that are popular and updated frequently. I think Lastpass helps too. I have one good password and it remember the really hard ones. So far, it works well. Thanks for the second opinion. It ended up like I thought. ;-) Dale :-) :-) -- I am only responsible for what I said ... Not for what you understood or how you interpreted my words!
