• Onno (VK6FLAB)
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    44 days ago

    There’s a reason why there’s only privileged write access to /dev/sda.

    If you run unknown software as root on any computer you get to experience first hand the impact of: “fuck around and find out”.

    • @Dumhuvud@programming.dev
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      4 days ago

      I mean, you can destroy users’ data by doing the equivalent of:

      find "$HOME" -type f -delete
      

      No idea why they decided to write to /dev/* directly.

      • @ulterno@programming.dev
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        02 days ago

        Can’t delete a drive that I haven’t mounted! :catch_me_if_you_can_vibes:

        But if I haven’t mounted it, why is it connected in the first place? idk

  • pelya
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    44 days ago

    Ain’t no way mah C++ modules deliver any of them malware.

    because

    C++ got no fancy-shmancy modules, got ya!