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0 pointsKennyBlanken4y ago0 comments

A shocking number of game publisher troubleshooting instructions include "just run it as administrator" among their troubleshooting steps, which is pretty horrifying. It's considered standard advice in PC gaming circles among the 20-and-under or tech-uneducated adult segments.

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HPsquared4y ago

On a single-user machine, there really isn't much "security" difference between user vs root.

Full access to the user's data, and ability to run 99% of code that one might want to run, is plenty bad enough already.

colejohnson664y ago

Relevant Xkcd: https://xkcd.com/1200/

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse

0 pointsKennyBlanken4y ago0 comments

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HPsquared4y ago

On a single-user machine, there really isn't much "security" difference between user vs root.

Full access to the user's data, and ability to run 99% of code that one might want to run, is plenty bad enough already.

colejohnson664y ago

Relevant Xkcd: https://xkcd.com/1200/

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse