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jimmaswell
on Feb 3, 2019
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Dotfile madness
Has this ever been a problem in practice for you or is it all theoretical? The tradeoff doesn't seem worth it to me.
ddebernardy
on Feb 3, 2019
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Not the OP, but think of all the times your computer caught viruses or got hacked.
mises
on Feb 4, 2019
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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...
ric2b
on Feb 4, 2019
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You might have been infected 50 times and not know it.
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