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[โ€“] lmaydev 25 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

It literally has to run at that level to do it's job.

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

'He's out of line but he's right'. I mean, is a bit ironic to give this level of permission to a program that is too malware-like to protect yourself from exactly that. We're talking about hospitals, airports and airlines, government agencies... many critical systems, so much information's security rely on a (foreign for most of the world) private company.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[โ€“] lmaydev 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[โ€“] SquiffSquiff 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

red hat Linux

Linux does not have a monolithic single source vendor or distribution system

[โ€“] lmaydev 1 points 4 months ago

I know it must be nightmare testing software