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Re:Updated to High Sierra, all Admin accounts now Standard by nicolas_t on Wednesday November 29, 2017 @01:44AM (#15805093)
The original title was much clearer, after changing the title of this submission, there's no context anymore for people to understand why it's important.

It's important because it shows that people have known about the root vulnerability currently discussed on twitter at least 2 weeks ago and were discussing it on Apple's support forum.

EDIT: Original title was "Apple security vulnerability posted on developer forums as troubleshooting tip"

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Re:Updated to High Sierra, all Admin accounts now Standard by johnhenry on Wednesday November 29, 2017 @01:48AM (#15805106)
What was the original title?
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Re:Updated to High Sierra, all Admin accounts now Standard by runesoerensen on Wednesday November 29, 2017 @01:52AM (#15805121)
"Apple security vulnerability posted on developer forums as troubleshooting tip"
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Re:Updated to High Sierra, all Admin accounts now Standard by colanderman on Wednesday November 29, 2017 @01:57AM (#15805138)
To be fair, "originally disclosed" would get the point across more readily than "posted".
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Re:Updated to High Sierra, all Admin accounts now Standard by IncRnd on Wednesday November 29, 2017 @01:53AM (#15805123)
To fix this, just set your root password.
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Re:Updated to High Sierra, all Admin accounts now Standard by programmarchy on Wednesday November 29, 2017 @02:07AM (#15805174)
Apparently other accounts are affected, too e.g. _applepay, _uucp [1]

[1] https://twitter.com/unsynchronized/status/935656609140711426

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Re:Updated to High Sierra, all Admin accounts now Standard by thorin1 on Wednesday November 29, 2017 @02:21AM (#15805230)
They are affected but at least they don't have root privileges.
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Re:Updated to High Sierra, all Admin accounts now Standard by mverwijs on Wednesday November 29, 2017 @02:09AM (#15805185)
That is no fix. That is a workaround.
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Re:Updated to High Sierra, all Admin accounts now Standard by IncRnd on Wednesday November 29, 2017 @04:23AM (#15805642)
If you’re going to be pedantic, you need to define the audience. There are many people who read this page. This is a fix for the issue from a usability standpoint, but it is a workaround for the vulnerability from a software standpoint.
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Re:Updated to High Sierra, all Admin accounts now Standard by grandalf on Wednesday November 29, 2017 @01:54AM (#15805132)
HN mods: Principled obfuscation and relevance reduction as a service.
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