Local privilege escalation vulnerabilities in Linux

Re:Local privilege escalation vulnerabilities in Linux by pianopatrick on Thursday November 05, 2026 @12:20PM (#50381723)

I heard a story that before there was the internet, when various defense labs with computers wanted to send data to each other they would load the data onto a drive and then send it over to the other defense lab using a truck and a couple armed Army guys.

That seems like it would still be secure. These days you could even encrypt the drive...

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Re:Local privilege escalation vulnerabilities in Linux by bombcar on Thursday November 05, 2026 @03:27PM (#50384040)

This is also from the era (and probably still true today) where it is easier as a mid-level dude in the Army to get an armed escort to another location than it is to get permission to mail something USPS.

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