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No... I immediately set a root password, if this had not been posted I would be far more at risk.
by testvox 9y ago
No... I immediately set a root password, if this had not been posted I would be far more at risk.
- mark-r 9y agoMaybe you personally are at less risk, but the population as a whole is at greater risk.
- patcheudor 9y agoI'm now seeing cases of non technical people trying this because they heard about it and it's easy. To them, it just unlocks some system preferences thing. Guess what those people are not doing after they try it? 'passwd root' to change the password because in many cases they don't even know what the terminal is. In this particular case, the ease of validation additionally works against users.