• Cethin@lemmy.zip
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    12 hours ago

    It is a problem. The fact Windows will just execute anything is an issue. That’s right. On Linux you need to tell your system to execute a file. That’s what chmod is for. (I think you may be able to do this with a right-click. I’m not sure. You just need to tell your system that a file is an executable and it’s allowed to do so.)

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      5 hours ago

      Well now you’re just blatantly lying. Windows doesn’t execute anything without you asking it to. The difference is that it works when you do.

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        4 hours ago

        I think you misunderstood. It will anything whether it should or not. Also, other processes can execute a thing even if it shouldn’t. It can be made to execute a payload that shouldn’t be run.

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          55 minutes ago

          I think you misunderstood.

          I didn’t.

          It will anything whether it should or not.

          It does what it’s told, which is the way an OS should work.

          It can be made to execute a payload that shouldn’t be run.

          And Linux can’t? Isn’t that the whole thing about Linux and open software is that it can be made to do whatever you want?