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As in title. What's your experience with it? If something isn't executable, then it has to exploit vulnerability in order to run anything malicious. But does it happen often with mp4, mkv and other files like mp3 or epub?

I assume that if I use updated linux, then I'm mostly safe?

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[–] Cevilia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 1 year ago

I would never make assumptions when sailing the high seas! That said - seems kinda unlikely to me. Not impossible. Just unlikely. :)