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WinRAR security flaw ignores Windows Mark of the Web security warnings (www.tomshardware.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by Alphane_Moon@lemmy.world to c/cybersecurity@sh.itjust.works

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[–] p03locke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Stop cherry-picking. If 95% of your HDD's files are downloaded from the Internet, including all of your OS and security patch files, marking all of them as "insecure" isn't a valid security method. It invites a ton of false positives, and is practically useless.

Also, stop assuming my age, my height, and who I am. I know what it used to be like pre-Internet, but it's not like that any more.

[–] easily3667@lemmus.org 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Protip: All things are downloaded from the Internet.

Emphasis mine

I only assumed your age and sex, none of those other things.