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esikichtoday at 3:38 AM2 repliesview on HN

just add a flag to the OS

What a fucking stupid, impossible, idea.

Like, explain to me how you think this could be done meaningfully other than some setting that can just be arbitrarily flipped without adding massive complexity.


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mikestewtoday at 5:43 AM

What complexity do you imagine here? Put it behind ACLs or some other permissions scheme. I could almost believe you’re being sarcastic or trolling.

drivebyhootingtoday at 4:11 AM

How is it impossible? The OS already advertises which codecs and cyphers it accepts. Is adding an age flag a bridge too far?

And arbitrarily changed? Can a regular user arbitrarily change the super user password?