This is just the thread that will not end, isn't it?
There are places where there are lots of Macs and most people who use them are not root. One of these is the Math Emporium.
If you boot a Mac off of Knoppix and fiddle around with it, someone walking around watching you, like the people at the Math Emporium, will notice and stop you.
If you boot a Mac off its install disc, it still looks like a Mac unless you look closely, so people walking around watching you won't notice.
Thus, making it just a little bit harder would, in the specific case I mentioned, have a real security benefit.
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Date: 2007-11-12 03:49 am (UTC)There are places where there are lots of Macs and most people who use them are not root. One of these is the Math Emporium.
If you boot a Mac off of Knoppix and fiddle around with it, someone walking around watching you, like the people at the Math Emporium, will notice and stop you.
If you boot a Mac off its install disc, it still looks like a Mac unless you look closely, so people walking around watching you won't notice.
Thus, making it just a little bit harder would, in the specific case I mentioned, have a real security benefit.
Why is that so hard to comprehend?