Re: Security through wide system use?

From: Kyler Laird (Kyler_at_news.Lairds.org)
Date: 12/25/03 

Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2003 20:12:12 GMT

NeoSadist <neosad1st@charter.net> writes:

>> I received an email today from my manager pointing me to an article on
>> news.com.com[1] that states Windows gets hacked more because its
>> popular, and Linux isn't as popular so it doesn't get targeted as
>> much.

>Statistically, maybe, but that's called "security through obscurity",

Do you have an example of someone else who uses "security through
obscurity" in reference to an application's popularity?

--kyler

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