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My web browser runs as root? Atlas runs as root? Atlas is a keylogger that indiscriminately watches what I type? Are any of these things true?
by ssl-3 1y ago
My web browser runs as root?
Atlas runs as root?
Atlas is a keylogger that indiscriminately watches what I type?
Are any of these things true?
- kvirani 1y agoYes
- deleted 1y ago[deleted]
- Ezhik 1y agohttps://xkcd.com/1200/ https://xkcd.com/1200/
- jsheard 1y agoI assume they mean a web browser has root access to everything you do online, which is so far-reaching nowadays that it's not far from having root over your whole machine in terms of actual exposure.
- jryio 1y agoIndeed: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45659156 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45659156