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Re:macOS High Sierra: Anyone can login as “root” with empty ... by mholt on Tuesday November 28, 2017 @04:22PM (#15801855)
If you lose physical control over the machine, all bets are off because an attacker can modify the hardware to do nefarious things.
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Re:macOS High Sierra: Anyone can login as “root” with empty ... by apetresc on Tuesday November 28, 2017 @04:35PM (#15802009)
I know the theory, but practically there's a huge difference between that type of physical access and "the victim left the room to go to the bathroom for 2 minutes" type of physical access
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Re:macOS High Sierra: Anyone can login as “root” with empty ... by EpicEng on Tuesday November 28, 2017 @04:45PM (#15802111)
ok, sure, but in practice that is pretty unlikely.
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