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concinds 2 hours ago

> If someone or something is executing code on your machine, you have already lost

This nonsensical attitude is thankfully dying out in favor of more sophisticated approaches.

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hypfer 2 hours ago | parent [-]

What makes it nonsensical?

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concinds an hour ago | parent [-]

There is no objective or tangible reason you must give up at that stage. We all run untrusted code on our machines, whether it's third-party apps or visiting websites.

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hypfer an hour ago | parent [-]

How does (the unfounded claim of) "everyone is doing [X]" make "we probably shouldn't be doing [X]" "nonsensical"?

Sounds unconvincing. Can you elaborate further?

	▲	bukershok an hour ago \| parent [-]
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