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Security in modern systems can't be based on the wisdom of the crowds, because our intrinsic “wisdom” is built to spot a lion in the bush, not a computer problem.
As for the original article, it refers to what we saw in the '90s and early 2000s, when chain letters warned about some new virus. Since I haven't received that kind of warning in over 10 years, I find the myth itself is getting old. Or maybe the last time I got an email like that I blew a fuse, and word got around to stop forwarding them to me ;-)
What do you think? Have you received this kind of warning recently?