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Originally Posted by canuckster .... maybe I really have been lucky. |
I think you have been. It's akin to riding a motorbike without a helmet, or driving a car without seatbelt. You may think you are a safe enough driver and can anticipate all eventualities but there is always that other driver, pedestrian, rabbit, or some other unknown quantity that is going to screw your day up.
Perceived risk is whats at play here, and if I was driving the car then I would put on my seatbelt. If I am using a pc then I would use a copy of Nod32 for £15..... A bogus windows update, a windows vulnerability, a man in the middle attack, or some other thing that the bad person knows about that you dont..... Defense in depth, its just another layer of protection to reduce your actual risk.