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[-] Roderik@lemmy.world -4 points 9 months ago

Yes and no. If the VM has network access you can still royally fuck yourself. Also, it's possibe your virtualisation software has a vulnerability—that way it may still infect your host machine.

More often than not VMs may protect you, but it's no guarantee.

[-] bleistift2@feddit.de 19 points 9 months ago

it’s possibe your virtualisation software has a vulnerability

If you’re that paranoid I don’t know why you’re running an executable whose source code you haven’t checked in the first place.

[-] RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world 14 points 9 months ago

Or even connecting to the Internet in the first place.

[-] Vakbrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 9 months ago

Or even turning a computer on in the first place

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

Or even accepting electricity from outside your home in the first place.

[-] haui_lemmy@lemmy.giftedmc.com 2 points 9 months ago

Or waking up in the first place.

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

Come to think of it, allowing yourself to be born is hella risky..

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