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by staticassertion 2207 days ago
I see this as sort of saying "Imagine you could cure Ebola, is the world a better place? Well, for me, no, I'm much more likely to get hit by a car".

While I am unlikely to be attacked through a memory safety exploit, I also:

* Have been attacked through one in the past, when the internet was a different place

* Wonder how much time and money could be better spent if we just eliminated that entire class of problems - perhaps solving some of those poor design issues?