Security FUD Leftovers
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This is grim, Vim and Neovim: Opening this crafty file in your editor may pwn your box. Patch now if not already [Ed: What utterly nonsensical sensationalism from El Reg (The Register). They make it sounds like the end of the world when it's difficult to exploit (you need to download a file). Focus on Windows back doors instead. Journalism in 2019 may be taking every small bug and making it look like a doomsday scenario; this merely discredits publications that do this.]
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If you haven’t patched Vim or NeoVim text editors, you really, really should [Ed: Inevitably, drama queen Dan Goodin just had to grossly exaggerate the severity of this at Ars Technica. It's hard to exploit and not a big issue compared to proprietary software back doors.]
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macOS Security Will Never Stop Us From Running Software of Our Choice [Ed: There's no "macOS Security"; Apple is a chronic liar on the subject (and was caught many times before). NSA PRISM, back doors and so on. It's all part of the design and the company routinely lies ("marketing").]
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