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lepuski 3 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Axios compromised on NPM – Malicious versions drop...

I believe compartmentalized operating systems like Qubes are the future for defending against these kinds of attacks.

Storing your sensitive data on a single bare-metal OS that constantly downloads and runs packages from unknown maintainers is like handing your house key out to a million people and hoping none of them misuse it.

lukewarm707 3 months ago [–]

i am rolling back a huge number of 'features' in my personal pc and going back to extremely miminal setups

the security solution i have is where it needs to become more simple, getting rid of attack surface that is coming out of these bloated releases

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