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Re: should debian comment about the recent 'ransomware' malware.

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On Tue, May 16, 2017 at 03:59:18AM +0530, shirish शिरीष wrote:
> while it was primarily targeted towards Windows machines, maybe we
> could tailor a response which shows how Debian is more secure and
> possibilities of such infections are low/non-existent .

Others have commented (correctly, I think) that making security claims
like that is not factually correct.

My take on this is that verbally attacking ("flaming") other systems
is bad form and we should avoid that. Gloating over problems in
Windows counts as verbally attacking them. It makes us look like
poopheads and doesn't have any benefits for us. Let's not.

Tearing down others doesn't make Debian better. Let's stick to being
positive and constructive and to making Debian better together.

We, the Debian project, don't need to make a statement on Wcry at all.
If we were to do so, it should be something that helps victims, or
those in danger of becoming victims, of this non-verbal attack. Maybe
something along the lines of keeping one's systems up to date with
security updates, and having good, secure backups that an attacker
can't destroy. But that advice is already being given by numerous
others so I'm sure it's worth Debian doing it too, if for no other
reason that very few Windows users pay any attention to Debian.

(I wrote an article on Linux advocacy 20 years ago. Things haven't
changed radically since. http://liw.fi/advocating-linux/)

-- 
I want to build worthwhile things that might last. --joeyh

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should debian comment about the recent 'ransomware' malware. shirish शिरीष <shirishag75@gmail.com> - 2017-05-16 00:30 +0200
  Re: should debian comment about the recent 'ransomware' malware. Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org> - 2017-05-16 01:20 +0200
  Re: should debian comment about the recent 'ransomware' malware. Chris Lamb <lamby@debian.org> - 2017-05-16 01:50 +0200
  Re: should debian comment about the recent 'ransomware' malware. Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> - 2017-05-16 02:30 +0200
    Re: should debian comment about the recent 'ransomware' malware. Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2017-05-16 12:30 +0200
      Re: should debian comment about the recent 'ransomware' malware. Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> - 2017-05-16 19:00 +0200
        Re: should debian comment about the recent 'ransomware' malware. Andreas Tille <andreas@an3as.eu> - 2017-05-19 10:50 +0200
      Re: should debian comment about the recent 'ransomware' malware. Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org> - 2017-05-16 20:30 +0200
  Re: should debian comment about the recent 'ransomware' malware. Lars Wirzenius <liw@liw.fi> - 2017-05-16 09:50 +0200
    Re: should debian comment about the recent 'ransomware' malware. Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org> - 2017-05-16 15:40 +0200
      Re: should debian comment about the recent 'ransomware' malware. Andrey Rahmatullin <wrar@debian.org> - 2017-05-16 16:00 +0200
      Re: should debian comment about the recent 'ransomware' malware. shirish शिरीष <shirishag75@gmail.com> - 2017-05-16 18:50 +0200
      Re: should debian comment about the recent 'ransomware' malware. Russell Stuart <russell-debian@stuart.id.au> - 2017-05-17 02:10 +0200
        Re: should debian comment about the recent 'ransomware' malware. Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org> - 2017-05-17 02:30 +0200
          Re: should debian comment about the recent 'ransomware' malware. Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org> - 2017-05-17 03:10 +0200
          Re: should debian comment about the recent 'ransomware' malware. Russell Stuart <russell-debian@stuart.id.au> - 2017-05-17 06:10 +0200
            Re: should debian comment about the recent 'ransomware' malware. Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org> - 2017-05-17 12:10 +0200
              Re: should debian comment about the recent 'ransomware' malware. Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org> - 2017-05-17 21:00 +0200
                Re: should debian comment about the recent 'ransomware' malware. Ansgar Burchardt <ansgar@debian.org> - 2017-05-18 08:50 +0200
      Re: should debian comment about the recent 'ransomware' malware. shirish शिरीष <shirishag75@gmail.com> - 2017-05-17 07:40 +0200

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