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Re:Dotfile madness by jimmaswell on Sunday February 03, 2019 @12:31AM (#19068047)
Has this ever been a problem in practice for you or is it all theoretical? The tradeoff doesn't seem worth it to me.
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Re:Dotfile madness by ddebernardy on Sunday February 03, 2019 @02:24AM (#19068288)
Not the OP, but think of all the times your computer caught viruses or got hacked.
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Re:Dotfile madness by mises on Monday February 04, 2019 @09:34AM (#19076602)
I'm thinking of zero. Zero times, in my life. As the old saying goes, common sense is the best antivirus. Although I did get the ask toolbar once...
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Re:Dotfile madness by ric2b on Monday February 04, 2019 @10:05AM (#19076846)
You might have been infected 50 times and not know it.
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