• FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today
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      2 months ago

      Pretty easy to identify, quarantine, and repair threats from a browser compared to downloads.

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        2 months ago

        When you’re connected to a webpage for 40+ minutes you’re being exposed to all kinds of info stealers, trackers, cryptominers, etc.

        If you just check what you’re downloading is an mkv, you are pretty much risk free.

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          2 months ago

          Oh no! I accidentally left location services on and now they’ve bricked my computer with ransomware! /sarcasm