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> From: Arthur Miller <arthur.miller@live.com>
> Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2021 05:12:25 +0200
> Cc: Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net>, emacs-devel@gnu.org
> 
> After some search, yes seems like symlinks are not so great on Windows:
> 
> https://blogs.windows.com/windowsdeveloper/2016/12/02/symlinks-windows-10/
> 
> Don't udnerstand why are symlinks such a big deal for them.

They are deemed to be a security vulnerability in some quarters,
because they can potentially circumvent access rights.