• Cethin@lemmy.zip
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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.

    • Ulrich@feddit.org
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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?