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Re:macOS deprecating scripting language runtimes, including ... by thiht on Thursday June 06, 2019 @03:08AM (#20112247)
Why do I care since my desktop computer is not multi-user? Also I configured Homebrew to install it's packages to ~/Applications, problem solved?
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Re:macOS deprecating scripting language runtimes, including ... by Fnoord on Thursday June 06, 2019 @04:04AM (#20112490)
Basically it means if someone has user access on a Mac with Homebrew (with default settings), they also have root. So a remote hole in, say, Safari, means your entire system is compromised.

(That said, I actually use Homebrew.)

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Re:macOS deprecating scripting language runtimes, including ... by saagarjha on Thursday June 06, 2019 @04:57AM (#20112766)
They don't quite have root per se, but they have a functional elevation of privileges if some some other software has a bug in it with regards to pulling binaries from $PATH, which is quite common.
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