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submitted 2 weeks ago by not_IO@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[–] sping 7 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

I f'ing love emacs, but don't get cocky. It's a security disaster.

Well, if you use any packages fetched from the net anyway.

[–] marcos@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

All of our modern infrastructure is.

[–] sping 2 points 2 weeks ago

Fair point

[–] dylanmorgan@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 weeks ago

I was being like 99% facetious and the 1% serious has more to do with how eMacs updates are distributed as compared to Notepad++. To your point, any non-vetted packages would be a huge source of risk, and even vetted packages should be monitored.