oscardejarjayes [comrade/them]

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  • Physical access isn’t game over, it’s only game over to a determined hacker. The vast majority of people aren’t competent enough for it to be an issue. It’s just like how a determined thief can get through almost any lock or door, but it takes effort and time, and skill which many casuals just won’t have.

    Full-disk encryption passwords are the most important password, they can prevent physical access from being game-over.

    Unix was originally designed to be multi-user, so different passwords protect different users from each other.

    Linux doesn’t have a UAC-without-passwords equivalent really, programs can interact with the Linux UAC equivalents just as much as you can, so the password makes sure it’s really you, and not a malicious program or person. UAC on Linux would require an almost fundamental architecture change, in a way contrary to most of how Linux is used now.

    Did you really never use a password with Windows? That seems wild to me.