For the Linux/Mac fans that find Windows less secure

Don’t blame the OS, blame the users. Reading this news about how Russian cyber attackers used security flaws to hack diplomatic targets in the US, I was particularly  fond of the statement:

The Microsoft problem by itself is less dangerous, since it
involves enhanced powers on a computer from those of an ordinary user.

This is really about all those IT expert wannabes that make the machines go faster by disabling all security enhancements, such as the User Access Control.

Imagine a Linux machine with no password for sudo/su commands. Or a Mac that doesn’t prompt you for the password when something is trying to change the system.

That’s pretty much the same.