It's worth nothing though, that that likely wasn't much of a consideration at all at the time. Networks for one were barely a thing, at least on systems so tiny

It's worth nothing though, that that likely wasn't much of a consideration at all at the time. Networks for one were barely a thing, at least on systems so tiny that they'd use an 8086. And even when they were, they tended to be extremely trusting until way into the 90s.