On 20/11/14 10:59, Balachandran Sivakumar wrote: > Hi, > > On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 3:18 PM, Vikas Tara <v...@hamaralinux.org> wrote: > >> But we don't need one for linux, right? >> >> http://www.amnesty.org/en/news/detekt-new-tool-against-government-surveillance-questions-and-answers-2014-11-20 >> >> > Not really. We do need it because there are more and more people > using GNU/Linux resulting in more targetted attacks. And, I see a dangerous > trend of people adding their normal login to sudoers with ALL privileges. > So, when novice to moderate users are involved, it is useful to have such > tools. Thanks > > Yeah, agree - sorry, my question above was an attempt at sarcasm ;)
I think we all need protection from the malware that detekt is offering to provide. Especially considering that even reading Linux Journal probably gets you on a watch list http://daserste.ndr.de/panorama/aktuell/NSA-targets-the-privacy-conscious,nsa230.html Being on this mailing list probably gets you on a watch list too... I'll post my findings after scanning my own systems :) _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc ILUGC Mailing List Guidelines: http://ilugc.in/mailinglist-guidelines
