Not really. You’re not at much risk of harming yourself with the tools, and if an attacker is already on your system able to execute arbitrary software, you’re already pretty well pwned
Which isn’t to say it doesn’t present any risk, just that it’s relatively negligible in a personal computing environment. In a corporate environment, you’d need strict controls on who can use those tools and when
You’re not supposed to, which means that lots of people probably do.
Yes and yes.
It’s a very easy way to have all the pen testing software you want when you wanna feel like a hacker.
Sounds stressful.
Is it not like having a stockpile of live weapons where you have to keep checking if the safeties are on?
Not really. You’re not at much risk of harming yourself with the tools, and if an attacker is already on your system able to execute arbitrary software, you’re already pretty well pwned
Which isn’t to say it doesn’t present any risk, just that it’s relatively negligible in a personal computing environment. In a corporate environment, you’d need strict controls on who can use those tools and when