[tripplyons]

Yes, and don't forget to install the VirtualBox guest extensions in your host machine to make it looks even more like a VM!

[thrtythreeforty]

Is there any downside to unironically doing this? Seems like it'd actually work.

[adastra22]

Expect Oracles lawyers to send you a bill.

[zaphirplane]

There is an oracle license attached to it

[waste_monk]

IIRC the extensions pack has a (very limited) free license for personal and educational use, although I'm not sure if the 'pretending to be a sandbox' usecase would be covered.

[DelaneyM]

It’s not much harder to just harden your system to not be vulnerable in the first place, and that protects your from a lot more.

[chii]

> It’s not much harder to just harden your system

'just' harden the system is not easy.

But installing something like a vmware guest driver is easy, as even a non-technical user can do it following some basic instructions.

[anonymars]

Defense in depth

[Melatonic]

Agreed - like using a non admin account.

[anonymars]

How does that protect against ransomware?

[petersellers]

Limits the blast radius to only the files that the more limited user has write access to.

[azov]

The files I normally have write access to are my important files though.

Immutable snapshots/offline backups help with those.

[amy214]

on the flipside i feel like privilege escalations are a dime a dozen

[ronsor]

Please tell me what tools you use to receive future zero-day vulnerability patches.

[ofjcihen]

To be fair the vast, vast majority of exploitation that we see (especially in the news) comes from sub-par security setups and poor training/architecture. That’s no even going into security monitoring which most companies don’t or barely have.

Zero days account for very small amount of exploitation in comparison and by definition are unpatched so I think the commenter was right to point out the basics.

[fsflover]

Qubes OS should protect you even from unknown vulnerabilities as long as you use its compartmentalization approach. Works for me (or so I hope).

[danielschreber]

Wikipedia's page on "just intonation" is, oddly, about music.

[andybak]

OK. You've lost me.

[danielschreber]

I apologize for making you feel dumb. Just try practicing some mindfulness.

[cwmoore]

And it is so too that “just deserts” are rarely desserts at all.

[Bluestein]

... as is "Just for Men"

[akersten]

Anticheat might throw a fit

[kevindamm]

Don't play games on your production hardware. Easy fix.

[Zambyte]

Or don't play games that behave indistinguishably from ransomware.