The author of that article's problems with 7zip can be summed up and dismissed like so:
1. 7zip has had security flaws - so does every other software that interacts with untrusted data, and the author admits himself that 7zip's author has responded quickly (it doesn't seem like 7zip has an abnormally high amount of exploits)
2. People are using/redistributing old versions of 7zip which are vulnerable - and that's 7zip's fault how? 7zip's own website has an easy to use and up to date installer, go after the people hosting the shitty mirrors
3. 7zip doesn't use ASLR - the author of the article literally gives the reason for this: shrinking the binary size (he then tries to pretend like this is some gaping security flaw)
4. 7zip doesn't use DEP on 32 bit windows prior to win10 - do people seriously even use 32 bit windows nowadays? (also, this is as dumb of a "flaw" as not having ASLR)
Fun fact: the article's author recommends you use the OS's built in tools (aka windows explorer), so I guess I'll just have to pretend that any tar/rar/etc files don't exist
I'd compare it to a classical steering-wheel lock. It makes your car a bit harder to steal. Even without it, a thief would still have to get into the car and start the engine. But not parking in a bad neighborhood will likely be a more important factor.
ASLR makes it harder to exploit other bugs that might exist in the software. Browser for example should definitively use it, since they are highly complex systems while also your first line of defense against a somewhat competent attacker. As for 7zip... it also can come in contact with dubious files quite easily while also having to support lots of formats (huge attack surface with potential bugs). I'm torn, but would probably prefer it to use ASLR.
1. 7zip has had security flaws - so does every other software that interacts with untrusted data, and the author admits himself that 7zip's author has responded quickly (it doesn't seem like 7zip has an abnormally high amount of exploits)
2. People are using/redistributing old versions of 7zip which are vulnerable - and that's 7zip's fault how? 7zip's own website has an easy to use and up to date installer, go after the people hosting the shitty mirrors
3. 7zip doesn't use ASLR - the author of the article literally gives the reason for this: shrinking the binary size (he then tries to pretend like this is some gaping security flaw)
4. 7zip doesn't use DEP on 32 bit windows prior to win10 - do people seriously even use 32 bit windows nowadays? (also, this is as dumb of a "flaw" as not having ASLR)
Fun fact: the article's author recommends you use the OS's built in tools (aka windows explorer), so I guess I'll just have to pretend that any tar/rar/etc files don't exist