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0ut3r Space
Personal blog · 0ut3r.space · on HN as h0eksecurity
0ut3r Space is a personal blog at 0ut3r.space about security. Since 2018, 5 different Hacker News readers have linked it 36 times, most often “Windows Defender is enough, if you harden it”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
The linked post covers hardening Windows Defender as an alternative to third-party antivirus. Commenters cite it, and one asks for someone to review its recommendations for accuracy.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 3 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Hi, I am Hoek. In the past, "that IT guy" from the basement of your company and then Ediscovery Engineer and then IT Security Officer and then Cyber Security Consultant (damn, who I wasn't to). Now pe
Most-linked posts?
- Windows Defender is enough, if you harden it4 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2022-03-06
What Hacker News says?
It would be awesome if you reviewed the blog post's ( https://0ut3r.space/2022/03/06/windows-defender/ ) recommendations for accuracy/meaningfulness/etc.
Comment linking /2022/03/06/windows-defender/
on “Windows Defender is enough, if you harden it”Submitted Windows Defender is enough, if you harden it as a story · 560 points
HN discussionWindows Defender. See: https://0ut3r.space/2022/03/06/windows-defender/ and recent discussion on HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30580444
Comment linking /2022/03/06/windows-defender/
on “Kaspersky is declared a US national security threat and is banned by the FCC”Submitted Short story about my Steam Deck as a story · 68 points
HN discussionThere is no need for antivirus if you are technical literate and have a good grip on your threat assessment. If you handle a lot of external storage you don't know the origin of I would advise to have raspberry pi around with clamav to check them before sticking them in any workstations or servers. As general advice stay away from consumer grade products they are mostly filled with dark patterns and snake oil even b…
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