Just food for thought: Has accessing Yahoo Answers ever resulted in installation of malware on user computers? ?

I’m not alleging that this actually happened or that Y/A administrators were complicit if it did, but only asking fellow users to re-evaluate their personal experience using this platform. The loose reigns of corporate administration could easily have allowed corrupt players to secretly infiltrate user equipment while a claimed corporate disconnect of servicing/monitoring the forum provided protection from legal corporate liability. In an environment where technology expertise stretches from nation/state sponsored hacking all the way to criminal enterprise seeking only scaled financial fraud, any less than secured platform can be targeted.

Wherever people go after Yahoo Answers ends, they should remember that security is a personal responsibility because the largest digital platforms world-wide have repeatedly shown that protecting users isn’t a priority. Thinking one has nothing to hide shouldn’t be a person’s only consideration when evaluating security needs. All but the severely poverty stricken have digital financial interests and everyone has a vote. Both have immeasurable value to those with scrupulous intent and should be guarded against misuse and theft. Naivete or willful ignorance of digital corruption are no longer excusable behaviors if a civil, safe and orderly society is to be maintained. Responsibility for that is universal.