Re: Sv: Install orgmode using its git repository.

[Hongyi Zhao <hongyi.zhao@gmail.com>]

On Tue, Dec 29, 2020 at 11:49 PM Leo Butler <leo.butler@umanitoba.ca> wrote:
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> arthur miller <arthur.miller@live.com> writes:
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> > Nöje of that you write is particularly adequate "addressing" of potential security vulnerability that let's potential malicious code 1) install anything on  your machine 2) steal your data 3) destroy your data.
> >
> > Maybe a virtual machine, but then you wouldn't be running your Emacs for anything  sensitive or serious.
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> Actually, *nix systems have a very good way to handle these kinds of
> threats without resort to such devices: users and groups. One can create
> a user account with very limited privileges for working with unvetted
> code, data, etc.
>
> Actually, I do this for developing new code, too. That way, whatever I
> break/change is contained within the confines of that account.

Docker is more excellent option for this sort of job.

BR,
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Assoc. Prof. Hongyi Zhao <hongyi.zhao@gmail.com>
Theory and Simulation of Materials
Hebei Polytechnic University of Science and Technology engineering
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