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should malicious code in questions that cause AVs to trigger be moved outside?

I don't think it would be a good idea to move malicious code to external sites, for the same reason we want normal code to be posted in the questions (and not on JSFiddle) and images to be hosted here …
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What are the rules for bumping a question?

If you are thinking about bumping the question by editing it: If you can meaningfully improve the post, feel free to edit it at any time. If you are editing just to bump, and not to improve the post …
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When is the best time to ask a question?

There aren't so many quesitons being asked here that you risk going unnoticed unless you post on the optimal time. Just post whenever you want to. The timing is really a non issue. If you are concern …
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I Misunderstood the question and answered the completely wrong question: should I delete?

I basically agree with schroeders answer, with a minor modification. When updating the answer, in most cases I would not keep the original answer but instead just edit it out when replacing with a ne …
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Handling "how can I do [absurdly dangerous thing]" from someone missing a lot of background ...

In general, I think the best way to deal with these kinds of questions is to try to write good, clear answers that highlight the dangers. Explain that this is extremely dangerous, and how easily thing …
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Can a moderator delete answers from others on his own question?

Don't know, but I would guess that they can delete answers on their own question. But is that really an issue? First, moderators have been elected becuase we trust them. And if one of them should mak …
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How do we handle people that really want get our in endless discussions with them

If you feel you have the time and energy to help even when a longer discussion is needed, take it in chat. … If the discussion stems from the question be unclear, ask for clarifications, suggest improvements, vote to close and/or downvote. …
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Questions with the homomorphic-encryption tag are better suited for Crypto.SE

I don't think the tag needs to be removed - some questions might be on topic. But adding some helpful advice to the tag info is a great idea. I took the liberty of doing that. Anyone should feel free …
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Should I ask questions concerning tips on how to launch Penetration Testing company?

To me, it sounds like your questions are to broad and maybe to dependent upon your specific situation to be answered in a good way. What NIST-documents should you study? It depends on what you want to …
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Grammar VS style fixes

I voted to reject the edit, but I considered approving it since part of the edit was good (capitalization, used, fixing link) and part of it was bad (changing funny, scary, is everything alright). To …
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How to edit this question?

I personally voted to keep it open, but I can understand why others voted to close it as to broad. My guess (and I can be wrong here) is that the highlighted part here is the problem: Yes, a certa …
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Should I upvote on security.se even though I am hardly knowledgeable in the field?

Thats a good question, and I have struggled with it myself. How you vote is up to you and I do not want to tell you how and when to vote, but these are my informal guidelines for upvoting answer to qu …
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Approve an edit, removing the edited segment

Here are my thoughts on how to handle situations like this: Do not roll back the roll back. That is just starting an edit war and will lead you nowhere. You can leave a comment (as I did) and try to …
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Would a canonical "Can X see my data over Wi-Fi/Work Internet?" question be helpful?

This is an attempt at a canonical question following this discussion on Meta. The aim is to produce basic answers that can be understood by the general audience. That is my two cents. …
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Establish [bug-bounty] tag?

I agree it could be a useful tag, but we need to make sure it is used in the right way. There is a high risk that it gets the same problem as the penetration test tag - it is used for question about a …
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