It doesn&#x27;t stop a lot of people from using it though. A quick search of Python code on GitHub for &#x27;import pickle&#x27; shows almost 800,000 results: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;search?l=python&amp;q=import+pickle&amp;type=Code&amp;utf8=%E2%9C%93" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;search?l=python&amp;q=import+pickle&amp;type=Code...</a> And that&#x27;s just public repos. Who knows how much it is used in private repos?