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JohnFen

Re: Claims of spying are overblown

"Hypervisor attacks ARE a thing, you know?"

Oh, yes, I know very well -- which is why I cringe whenever I hear people advocating VMs as some sort of security panacea. I was not claiming they are! My primary defense against client side scripting is to disallow it and avoid websites that require it. There are one or two that I need to access, though. I acknowledge that it puts me at risk, but running inside a VM does reduce my vulnerability. It certainly doesn't eliminate it, though!

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