>>22 this, but the wording is poor, "tech literacy" isn't what keeps you safe, actively protecting yourself keeps you safe. you should be constantly verifying checksums and only connecting to the internet when strictly necessary, as well as routinely ensuring a project/mirror/file server/piece of software hasn't been backdoored
also there are more complicated and indirect vunerabilities that the above doesn't cover, so its wise to keep up to date with cyber-security RSS feeds and mailing lists just incase
this, but the wording is poor, "tech literacy" isn't what keeps you safe, actively protecting yourself keeps you safe. you should be constantly verifying checksums and only connecting to the internet when strictly necessary, as well as routinely ensuring a project/mirror/file server/piece of software hasn't been backdoored
also there are more complicated and indirect vunerabilities that the above doesn't cover, so its wise to keep up to date with cyber-security RSS feeds and mailing lists just incase