From a security standpoint advanced users are the worst. Most think they know how to protect their PC and they can handle the typical malware exploit. Then they

From a security standpoint advanced users are the worst. Most think they know how to protect their PC and they can handle the typical malware exploit. Then they get completely taken because some productivity tool they downloaded from the Internet gets hijacked (no code signing, no verification, no identification of the author). And these idiots want to run in privileged mode all the time. Could you imagine the outcry from Linux users if someone wanted to run as root all the time? Hell no! When I switched from programmer to admin I was basically handed binders of various laws (US, UK, EU primarily) on data security and the penalties when you screw up. Now I sit at the other side of the table and inform developers what they can and can't do with user data. I've never had to walk into the bosses office and say we have to call the police, someone has walked off with our users PIDs.