Ordi might be wrong in their approach to the correction, but our communications are, indeed, littered with words that are meant to emphasize something, but are instead so commonplace that they don’t mean anything anymore.
Fucking. Literally. Really. Actually. Insane. Unbelievable. Bizarre. Big. You name it.
In an era of everyone constantly screaming on the Internet while sitting there on the couch with zero emotions, it would make sense to step down and revisit the way we approach the language - and our experiences when facing such content.
The joke would absolutely be better off without the word “fucking”.
Mint is fairly secure by default.
That said, nothing listed in the article is bad for your security, all pieces of advice do make sense in certain scenarios, but this is generally considered an overkill for home use.
If you’re an average user, don’t bother yourself with it.