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by jdiaz5513 3256 days ago
I think what it really means is this:

If I'm the maintainer of an OSS plugin with 3m users, I'd better be _very_ careful about what I do with it, and keep my SSH keys, etc., _safe_. It's a responsibility not to be taken lightly.

Practically speaking, it means you have to be comfortable with knowing you have a (tiny?) chance of being hit with a remote code exploit at any time. Avoiding that means disabling auto update and other such conveniences. Personally, I treat developer computers as untrusted by default.