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Re:macOS High Sierra: Anyone can login as “root” with empty ... by saagarjha on Tuesday November 28, 2017 @06:16PM (#15802898)
In a week they will be less secure, because they will forget to remove their root account and Apple will have push out a fix.
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Re:macOS High Sierra: Anyone can login as “root” with empty ... by reitanqild on Tuesday November 28, 2017 @06:34PM (#15803052)
That's a whole week where they can get owned by any kid with physical access to the machine. In some settings (schools, libraries) this might be a huge issue.
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Re:macOS High Sierra: Anyone can login as “root” with empty ... by saagarjha on Tuesday November 28, 2017 @06:42PM (#15803120)
Which comes back to another point I made in this thread: there should have been responsible disclosure of the issue.
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