I don't have any insights about your prime concern, security. I can tell you I ran Folding@home for a while on a secondary laptop, and they aren't kidding about the compute intensity and running hot parts (at least on the fairly pathetic ThinkPad I used). I stopped because I didn't like the idea of an unattended machine running that hot all the time.
-- - David Fleck ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ On Thursday, April 16, 2020 6:54 PM, Mark Heimstaedt <markhe...@gmail.com> wrote: > Avast antivirus suggests installing Folding@home module to effect > distributed computing to analyze covid proteins. It warns compute > intensity, running hot, and high electric use, advises run at night. > Seeking opinions on installing Folding@home plug@pdxlinux.org > > especially security risks, etc. > Your thoughts ?? > > ------------------------------------------------- > > Mark Heimstaedt > > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
