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Re:The Bare Minimum You Should Do to Protect Your Family's Data by astura on Saturday December 01, 2018 @03:48PM (#18578840)
That's... not what vulnerability means.

vul·ner·a·bil·i·ty noun the quality or state of being exposed to the possibility of being attacked or harmed, either physically or emotionally.

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Re:The Bare Minimum You Should Do to Protect Your Family's Data by badrabbit on Sunday December 02, 2018 @09:34AM (#18582451)
I did not define vulnerability,I only explained security.

This is security101. Risk is measured by multiplying vulnerability by threat.

Maybe an analogy might help. You are vulnerable to bullets. But your security with respect to your bullet vulnerability is measured by multiplying it against active threats that might shoot you with bullets. So,your security decreases when in a warzone as opposed to lying in bed at your suburban house due to reduction of threat.

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