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curl | bash can't install something that persists across reinstalls (unless I've sudo'd recently, which I admit is possible). The problem with the desktop secu
by smichel17 8y ago
curl | bash can't install something that persists across reinstalls (unless I've sudo'd recently, which I admit is possible).
The problem with the desktop security model is the controls are ridiculously course-grained.
- adrianN 8y agoEven if the script doesn't just contain a sudo (which they often do), you're still just one local exploit away from installing a rootkit. I don't think they're that hard to come by.
- chii 8y ago> desktop security model is the controls are ridiculously course-grained. it'd be really nice if it was more efficient to run an OS like https://www.qubes-os.org/ https://www.qubes-os.org/. I think only true security model that works is the sandbox isolation model of virtual machines.