Your point is covered in the article. "If you think systemd doesn't need privilege separation because it only parses messages from local users, keep in mind th

Your point is covered in the article. "If you think systemd doesn't need privilege separation because it only parses messages from local users, keep in mind that in the Internet era, local attacks tend to acquire remote vectors. Consider Shellshock, or the presentation at this year's systemd conference which is titled "Talking to systemd from a Web Browser.""