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Re:macOS High Sierra: Anyone can login as “root” with empty ... by thomastjeffery on Tuesday November 28, 2017 @05:54PM (#15802694)
It's not the most effective, but that doesn't make it bad, or malicious.
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Re:macOS High Sierra: Anyone can login as “root” with empty ... by openasocket on Tuesday November 28, 2017 @06:28PM (#15803010)
I agree this person isn't malicious, certainly. But I do think his decision was bad. Not "bad" in the moral sense, but "bad" in the sense of being sub-optimal.
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Re:macOS High Sierra: Anyone can login as “root” with empty ... by sooheon on Tuesday November 28, 2017 @07:45PM (#15803493)
Was his tweeting strategy more or less "sub-optimal" than Apple's security QA? I think we're focusing on the wrong part of this story.
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