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Root everything. FOSS all the things. Tear everything apart. There will always be a BBEG, no matter what part of the world you are in or what sort of governmen

Root everything. FOSS all the things. Tear everything apart. There will always be a BBEG, no matter what part of the world you are in or what sort of government you live under. You are the only one who acts in your best interest.

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fsflover 6y ago
> You are the only one who acts in your best interest. No, you aren't. And it's impossible to do everything alone. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24881988 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24881988
- stonepresto 6y ago
  I agree with the second part of your statement, but I think being alone in acting in your own best interest still holds. Good projects such as those are a result of many similarly aligned self-interests. I'll admit I was being a bit dramatic, and as you have pointed out it's certainly more complex than a single sentence. I was trying to highlight that blindly trusting another human or organization can leave you vulnerable.
jankiehodgpodge 6y ago
For most people, rooting makes them less secure not more. It all depends on who you're securing against.
- stonepresto 6y ago
  That's certainly fair, especially if the password is then set to some variation of "password"... Although for some devices if you can root it, you probably also know methods of securing it.
  - lucb1e 6y ago
    Rooting a device does not enable setting a password for it. You can host sshd without root, or host sshd but disable root login. Rooting and setting a password, or opening remote command channels for that matter, are separate things. Root allows you to shoot yourself in the foot more than you could otherwise, but you do need to pull the trigger. The default root methods just enable apps to request root, after which the user gets a prompt. It's like the camera, microphone, or any other special permission.
    - stonepresto 6y ago
      "Device" has taken on a few different meanings in this thread. To clarify I was speaking generally and not specifically about mobile phones, which is certainly in error due to the context of the article.

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fsflover 6y ago

> You are the only one who acts in your best interest. No, you aren't. And it's impossible to do everything alone. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24881988 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24881988

stonepresto 6y ago
I agree with the second part of your statement, but I think being alone in acting in your own best interest still holds. Good projects such as those are a result of many similarly aligned self-interests. I'll admit I was being a bit dramatic, and as you have pointed out it's certainly more complex than a single sentence. I was trying to highlight that blindly trusting another human or organization can leave you vulnerable.

jankiehodgpodge 6y ago

For most people, rooting makes them less secure not more. It all depends on who you're securing against.

stonepresto 6y ago
That's certainly fair, especially if the password is then set to some variation of "password"... Although for some devices if you can root it, you probably also know methods of securing it.
- lucb1e 6y ago
  Rooting a device does not enable setting a password for it. You can host sshd without root, or host sshd but disable root login. Rooting and setting a password, or opening remote command channels for that matter, are separate things. Root allows you to shoot yourself in the foot more than you could otherwise, but you do need to pull the trigger. The default root methods just enable apps to request root, after which the user gets a prompt. It's like the camera, microphone, or any other special permission.
  - stonepresto 6y ago
    "Device" has taken on a few different meanings in this thread. To clarify I was speaking generally and not specifically about mobile phones, which is certainly in error due to the context of the article.