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To prevent damage from malware running with user privileges. If the user really needs to modify the binaries, they can reach out for sudo or ask the sysadmin. I

To prevent damage from malware running with user privileges. If the user really needs to modify the binaries, they can reach out for sudo or ask the sysadmin. It's such a rare and risky use case that it warrants a barrier normally being in place.

IshKebab 4y ago
Malware running with user privileges on Unix can pretty much do whatever it wants already. > It's such a rare and risky use case that it warrants a barrier normally being in place. Users installing software is a rare use case? Ok.