breaking news: researchers discover that network protocols work as intended. mindlessly connecting to an untrusted network is still a bad idea.
to quote the article: “Do not use untrusted networks if you need absolute confidentiality of your traffic” or use HTTPS and a SOCKS5 proxy
yup yup yup. didnt steam also have some “fun” rm -rf bug a few years ago? proper backups and sandboxing go a long way
love the quote at the end. there are far too many situations where windows is because “because!” where its just the wrong tool for the job. pos, web servers, trains to name a few i can think of…