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It seems kind of insane to me to trust any 3rd party with full access to your machine.
by tlrobinson 10y ago
It seems kind of insane to me to trust any 3rd party with full access to your machine.
- ocdtrekkie 10y agoReally, everyone with any software with administrative rights that has an auto-update feature does it. These days, that's... Windows, Chrome, dozens of other applications with a huge market share. At least with TeamViewer, it is manual update only, and remote users only have the same permissions and visibility as a desktop user. When you access a locked Windows PC over TeamViewer, you get the Windows login screen. You only have the level of permissions your computer is allowing the user you log in as. If you lock your PC when you aren't at it, and your password is decent, you haven't a huge security problem with TeamViewer. Arguably, less of one than many other pieces of software that can make administrative-level changes to your PC without your knowledge or permission.