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[โ€“] [email protected] 31 points 3 months ago (8 children)

Ah yes, the old "your data isn't safe when an attacker has full access to your pc account" vulnerability

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Not necessarily. There are many paths to exfiltrated data that don't require privileged access, and can be exploited through vulnerabilities in other applications.

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