Global search engine and Internet trendsetter Google started an unofficial ban on use of the Windows operating system by their employees. Employees have made comments to the press saying that new employees are given Linux or Mac software to use on their personal computers due to past security breaches that could have been linked to the use of Windows XP.
Multiple Google employees have made statements regarding the matter to the business press about the avoidance of Windows software at Google. The issue lies in the lack of security features for common computer users. Google employees commented on the matter to the Financial Times. The 10,000 workers employed by Google may not be able to run their computer’s with Windows, which will leave them the option of utilizing Linux or Mac OS X.
“We’re not doing any more Windows. It is a security effort,” said a Google employee to the Financial Times.
Google has not issued an official statement regarding the matter. The majority of the workers have shied away from using Windows since hackers in China infiltrated one of the company’s computer servers.
“Many people have been moved away from [Windows] PCs, mostly toward Mac OS, following the China hacking attacks,” said the employee.
Computer experts have found there is a stronger level of security for PC users with Apple or Linux operating systems. Windows has a high level of computer virus infections requiring computers running the systems to add security software. If the software is not updated, set properly, or efficient a computer running Windows could be at risk.
The Internet attack against Google’s server in January was linked to two separate schools in China. The Lanxiang Vocational School and the Shanghai Jiaotang University were both investigated by U.S. law and intelligence agencies that specialize in global espionage, reported ComputerWorld.com.
The Chinese regime has been documented paying citizens to interfere with businesses and political groups that were seen as a threat to the Chinese Communist Party through the Internet. The so-called 50-cent army in China pays people 50 cents for every post written in chat rooms that support the regime’s communist propaganda, including the spreading of slanderous propaganda against all groups the regime deems a threat to its one-party power.
Multiple Google employees have made statements regarding the matter to the business press about the avoidance of Windows software at Google. The issue lies in the lack of security features for common computer users. Google employees commented on the matter to the Financial Times. The 10,000 workers employed by Google may not be able to run their computer’s with Windows, which will leave them the option of utilizing Linux or Mac OS X.
“We’re not doing any more Windows. It is a security effort,” said a Google employee to the Financial Times.
Google has not issued an official statement regarding the matter. The majority of the workers have shied away from using Windows since hackers in China infiltrated one of the company’s computer servers.
“Many people have been moved away from [Windows] PCs, mostly toward Mac OS, following the China hacking attacks,” said the employee.
Computer experts have found there is a stronger level of security for PC users with Apple or Linux operating systems. Windows has a high level of computer virus infections requiring computers running the systems to add security software. If the software is not updated, set properly, or efficient a computer running Windows could be at risk.
The Internet attack against Google’s server in January was linked to two separate schools in China. The Lanxiang Vocational School and the Shanghai Jiaotang University were both investigated by U.S. law and intelligence agencies that specialize in global espionage, reported ComputerWorld.com.
The Chinese regime has been documented paying citizens to interfere with businesses and political groups that were seen as a threat to the Chinese Communist Party through the Internet. The so-called 50-cent army in China pays people 50 cents for every post written in chat rooms that support the regime’s communist propaganda, including the spreading of slanderous propaganda against all groups the regime deems a threat to its one-party power.
