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  • kureta@lemmy.ml
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    2 days ago

    Yes. That’s fair. It’s an actual, realistic threat. But personally, I don’t provide any services to anyone and my data is periodically backed up to my NAS and cloud. But that’s me. I can imagine other scenarios that would definitely require SELinux.

    • atzanteol@sh.itjust.works
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      2 days ago

      Your data can be encrypted with a ransomware attack. Including your backups. Your memory searched for browser cached passwords and account names.

      You’re not with the effort? The effort is practically 0 these days. Bots written by AI don’t care. And your compute resources can be used to do more harm.