That's not entirely right, I did run FreeBSD for a while and understand why people value it. My current understanding is simple: the smaller audience allows for flaws to be overlooked through internal dynamics like social proof.
Like I said, I'm not an infosec guy, all I can refer to is a somewhat informed gut feeling. A comparatively small audience which is convinced that it belongs to the "good" group is inherently vulnerable, the article just made some of those dynamics visible.
Like I said, I'm not an infosec guy, all I can refer to is a somewhat informed gut feeling. A comparatively small audience which is convinced that it belongs to the "good" group is inherently vulnerable, the article just made some of those dynamics visible.