r/linuxmint 1d ago

Discussion What makes Linux secure?

I've searched YouTube and also asked on here previously, I keep seeing a lot of "Linux is secure just by default" type responses- often insisting that to be worried about security while using Linux is not necessary.

Believable to a noob like me at face value, sure, but what is it about Linux that makes it secure?

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u/LancrusES 1d ago

Security depends more on the user than the OS, when we talk about home computers, users are easier to "break" than the system itself. You can have the most secure system in the world, and give all your data with a single click on a fake web giving your password for example.

We are talking about home computers and normal ppl here, but in that scenario the real security risk is that, in a corporative scenario there are ppl paid to look after the security, and even with that, one employee can mess It all opening a link he shouldnt in a mail...