madaidan on the many insecurities of Linux. Though some points are contestable, especially when comparing to other OSes, generally it's true. Linux indeed is from a bygone era where we trusted our computers more; nowadays a better solution is needed.

Other articles of theirs are likewise great. I especially enjoyed the one on OpenBSD—until now I held the OpenBSD folks in high regard as knowers-of-what-they're-doing; seems like that doesn't extend all the way, and prolific knowledge of one field doesn't extend into the others.

(Via Lobste.rs)