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nkrisclast Saturday at 1:47 AM2 repliesview on HN

I own the computer. The least privilege I have encompasses every privilege.


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charcircuitlast Saturday at 2:05 AM

You could own a microwave, but there doesn't have to be a button that makes it run with the door open. The UI of devices doesn't let just anything happen. Similarly an operating system doesn't need to make accessible a way to do everything to the user.

davexunitlast Saturday at 1:41 PM

But do you want your web browser to have the privilege to read your SSH private key? That's the risk of running programs "as you".