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Every person I know who uses a Windows computer uses an account with Administrator privileges on their own computer.
by 1231232131231 1y ago
Every person I know who uses a Windows computer uses an account with Administrator privileges on their own computer.
- baby_souffle 1y agoI think that's just legacy holdover largely mitigated by some of the user account access control stuff introduced with Vista. Also, administrator isn't the same as root. That would be more like system level access which is not the default level for Windows accounts.
- zorgmonkey 1y agoUAC is not a security boundary, it is instead considered a defense-in-depth feature (aka best effort but bypassable). This is officially documented by Microsoft in multiple places. [0] https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/msrc/windows-security-servicing-criteria https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/msrc/windows-security-servic... [1] https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/windows-server/windows-security/disable-user-account-control https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/windows-serve...
- fc417fc802 1y agoAdministrator on windows has been severely restricted since at least the debut of windows 7 if not earlier.