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by xenophonf 4295 days ago
Regarding "I do not put sensitive and important data on my computer" and "I always work on remote hosts", I must respectfully disagree. Never mind the fact that you set a bad example for newbies, being so caviler with your own safety harms the security of the rest of us. Downloading and executing random software off the Internet---the raison d'ĂȘtre of modern web browsers---is a good way to get owned. Just because you don't use your computer for anything important doesn't mean that it cannot be compromised and used to attack me. Plus, if you use your computer to log into other computers to do real work, then your computer is extremely important! A successful compromise would give attackers all the same remote access you have. Admittedly, that's not what your everyday, ordinary malware is after, but it's the principal of the thing that bothers me.
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I'm not telling my setup is bullet proof. I'm just saying I gave in on some threats. I do not try to protect against all threats via all possible ways. I try to make my sensitive data to be unattractive and harder to get.

Latest part that you edited out was a question I would raise but it seems like you also think that would not hold.

Even though this setup is not secure. It's more secure than many everyday usage patterns. In a way at least..