I was accepting your analogy as I understood it in your post true not theoretical:
"Whenever IE drives down the road, they throw out a nail strip. Or put a bullet through the front grill."
don't be surprised when you're hit with the same kinds of vulnerabilities (as evidenced by this article, of all things) when hackers/crackers turn their attention to you.
Perhaps, but until, if, or when that happens, why drive ( anymore than absolutely necessary) the vehicle that's the major target right now?
I trust that you can take good care of yourself. However as a general policy, I still think it more prudent to minimize security risk, particularly when the cost of doing so is so low.
thanks very much for your reply.