On: Linux on iPad

[solarengineer]

It was risky then too. MS DOS did have viruses, TSR programs and others could use TCP stacks ( like WatTCP ), data exfiltration via data files was a thing ( eg an infected wordstar that would save other files into a word star document being sent for printing).

I used to sell anti virus, and the threat models for some of the clients were Eye opening.

[bredren → solarengineer]

There was non-zero risk but it wasn’t remotely similar.

These machines dialed up bbs. No internet, no volumes of personal data like hd video and photos.

You didn’t have bank websites or online payment tools you could use people’s data to defraud.

My point is there no fitting the days of pc clones over today and having some direct comparison around “openness.”