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[–] kabobglance@infosec.pub 24 points 1 year ago (3 children)

To add to the other security conscious comments, even if you wanted to run a VM, there are attacks that escalpe the VM and hit the underlining OS

Computers are inherently insecure

[–] MTK@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

VM escape is really hard, wine is malware compitable

[–] kabobglance@infosec.pub 2 points 1 year ago

Totally, difficult but by no means impossible. I think we should be cautious and have less hubris when it comes to computer security, that was my point

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