On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 2:29 PM, Kurt Buff <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 1:59 AM, James Rankin <[email protected]> wrote:
>> ...today's XKCD sums it up nicely
>>
>> http://xkcd.com/1200/
>
> So, yeah, that's true if you don't use full disk encryption, or a
> password on your computer/domain account ...

  You're missing the point.

  A lot of devs and admins fall into the trap of protecting the system
and forgetting that there's a reason why we have the system in the
first place.  I ultimately don't care about my "root" account.
Protecting it is just a means to an end -- protecting my data, most of
which lives in my user account.

-- Ben

~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
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