Windows and BSODs maybe still are trigger words for me, but IMO they are not to blame.
Windows is the platform, CrowdStrike makes a product on this platform and their users willingly install, accept all the security prompts and use it. Short of Apple-style locking users out of their own devices, there is little they can do here.
I'm not well-versed in Windows enough to be able to tell if they provide better ways and safe APIs to achieve what CrowdStrike does, but even if they did, there is no telling if CrowdStrike or anyone else would use that or not.
> but I feel that good OS should prevent a 3rd party app to cause such damage
It does? It also allows the owner of the machine to bypass those preventions, which is what CrowdStrike seem to require for their product to function.
I think the "OS should protect me from myself" is a very iPad-style expectation from computers. Personally I'm happy there are OSes that don't work this way.
I think the Linux market is far too fragmented for this kind of thing. I usually wait a few days before applying any updates, and definitely don't do them when I have something important coming up.
Windows is the platform, CrowdStrike makes a product on this platform and their users willingly install, accept all the security prompts and use it. Short of Apple-style locking users out of their own devices, there is little they can do here.
I'm not well-versed in Windows enough to be able to tell if they provide better ways and safe APIs to achieve what CrowdStrike does, but even if they did, there is no telling if CrowdStrike or anyone else would use that or not.
> but I feel that good OS should prevent a 3rd party app to cause such damage
It does? It also allows the owner of the machine to bypass those preventions, which is what CrowdStrike seem to require for their product to function.
I think the "OS should protect me from myself" is a very iPad-style expectation from computers. Personally I'm happy there are OSes that don't work this way.
> Would it happen on Linux?
$ modprobe crap-mod
I guess it would.