On 29/08/2020 13:40, Mayayana wrote:
> "The Natural Philosopher"  wrote
>
> | On 28/08/2020 12:54, Mayayana wrote:
> | > Simple rule: If you allow javascript or other executable
> | > code online, you're a sitting duck. If you also store private
> | > data on your computer, use credit cards online, bank
> | > online, etc, you're a sitting duck with something to lose.
> |
> | Rubbish
> |
>
>    Interesting reasoning. I think I have to agree with
> Leo T on this one.  :)
>
> | --
> |     "I know that most men, including those at ease with problems of the
> | greatest complexity, can seldom accept even the simplest and most
> | obvious truth if it be such as would oblige them to admit the falsity of
> | conclusions which they have delighted in explaining to colleagues, which
> | they have proudly taught to others, and which they have woven, thread by
> | thread, into the fabric of their lives."
> |
> |     ? Leo Tolstoy
>
>
indeed. he is most apposite.
The difference between theoretical risk and practical risk is huge - as
anyone who has tried to actually hack anything or run a public facing
server will tell you.In the real world the quality of attacks is
abysmally low.
But try to convince an armchair expert of that...


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