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>In which case all bets are off anyways How are all bets off if they don't have access to a root user? This isn't Windows we're talking about.

• senko 9y ago
  If they have access to the account that is being used normally, they can modify the (user-accessible) settings to trick the user into running malicious code and giving them access (or causing trouble even without access to the root account).
• mholt 9y ago
  If you lose physical control over the machine, all bets are off because an attacker can modify the hardware to do nefarious things.
  • apetresc 9y ago
    I know the theory, but practically there's a huge difference between that type of physical access and "the victim left the room to go to the bathroom for 2 minutes" type of physical access
  • EpicEng 9y ago
    ok, sure, but in practice that is pretty unlikely.