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10 days agoGenerally I’d say they’re one of the most dangerous things you could voluntarily run on your PC
I disagree under some conditions. Doing anything sketchy from the same machine you log into your bank account from is extremely dangerous, but a dedicated gaming PC is a lot less dangerous. Especially if you are isolating the network on that machine and using it for single purpose. At that point, HV bypass becomes irrelevant to overall security. And by single purpose, I mean single purpose. No SSO or logging into sites. If you are heavy into this, I wouldn’t even put Steam on the machine.
In general, without HV bypass you could firejail processes and potentially put Steam on the box, but with HV bypass absolutely not.
I mean new software is incrementally expanded on too. Bloat usually isn’t a conscious decision at first, it’s just “one more feature”. You iterate over something with “one more feature” for 15 years though and there is going to be noticeable difference between start and finish.
After that time, for a commercial product it then becomes the idea of all-in-one software. You have one piece of software to sell but can sell it in multiple markets to maximize profits. Not saying that is a good thing, but money is the motivation to businesses.