On Sun, Jul 21, 2024 at 05:18:46PM +0200, Nicolas George wrote: > And it does not matter, because on a personal computer the root account > is not what matters, what matters is the user account where you can > install a key logger and get banking credentials or encrypt all the data > and ask for a ransom.
Which is one of the big problems with MS Windows -- telemetry - which can do that. Also things like Recall (which only lasted a few weeks recently - thankfully, but I fear will reappear in some form). But web browsers are a big problem: Chrome logs all sort of stuff to Google (but not keystrokes I think), MS Edge does likewise - which is why I stick to Firefox. But if you have root access it is easy, I did it on a Unix system V machine in the late 1980s, a few minutes work. I only needed root as it was for another user. -- Alain Williams Linux/GNU Consultant - Mail systems, Web sites, Networking, Programmer, IT Lecturer. +44 (0) 787 668 0256 https://www.phcomp.co.uk/ Parliament Hill Computers. Registration Information: https://www.phcomp.co.uk/Contact.html #include <std_disclaimer.h>
