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While this is true, this is a completely different threat model than most people face.

For 99% of people, 99% of the time, what they need to worry about is someone calling them suspiciously asking for key information.

The fact that targeted attacks like that exist does not make it a good idea to treat them as ubiquitous. People with the kind of money that would make executing such an attack worthwhile should be expected to take higher precautions than the rest of us with it.



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