• Fonzie!
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    23 months ago

    Anyone with physical access to the computer also has full file system access and could wipe everything, even without password or technical knowledge.

    • yeehaw
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      73 months ago

      It’s bad for other reasons too, like a script on a website would launch as root… And also without a password if your disk was encrypted your data is protected even if someone has physical access.

      It is just generally common knowledge to not run around in God mode all day, otherwise sudo wouldn’t exist.

      • Sinclair-SpeccyOP
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        43 months ago

        @cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca

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        This is running in a VM without any internet access… that will end up getting replaced by another OS anyway

        • yeehaw
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          33 months ago

          Oh ya I kind of figured, I was just having a laugh 😂

          • Sinclair-SpeccyOP
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            13 months ago

            @cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca

            Yeah if it was on a real machine or if I was connecting to the internet I wouldn’t be logged in as root ^^;