I was expecting a more sophisticated attack and then I scrolled down…
> Omarchy configured its default user as a member of the Linux docker group.
What the fuck? Docker makes it VERY, VERY clear this is unsafe. Feel free to verify the documentation.
https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/linux-postinstall/
Why would you want to make this the default for your users, without even telling them? Did someone configured his own system to work this way and decided it is a good idea to ship it as a part of an "opinionated" distro??? Makes you wonder how much other crap is there.
I didn't know that was unsafe.
Well, it's not unsafe because anyone who can exploit it has already fully compromised my PC. It rather involved being on the other side of this airtight hatchway. But I didn't know that putting an actually locked down account in the docker group was unsafe.
I don't use Omarchy, nor would I, but I think that "VERY, VERY" is a little hyperbolic, no? It's a simple `admonish-yellow` warning box that says something vague about root-level privileges and wants me to read more about what this actually means. I would wager that a large amount of people scroll past that with no second thought because it really doesn't come off as that bad. I know I configure most, if not all, of my systems this way. Many people probably don't actually understand the implications of what they are doing, and perhaps the Docker team should actually put a little bit more effort into scaring users off.
Perhaps Omarchy shouldn't have shipped this by default, but the whole point of the system is to be DHH's personal computer just the way he likes it (to include not 1, but 2 shortcuts to Twitter!) - all his products are that way and largely the reason why I don't ever think I could use one long term.
Default configuration or not, I also imagine the first thing people using docker do is to add themselves to the docker group via sudo.
If you are security-conscious, you shouldn’t be using docker anyway.
> Why would you want to make this the default for your users
Because DHH doesn't have a clue what he's doing and is farming his brain out to Claude. Again.
Because it's convenient, and the security of this doesn't matter for desktop usage.
> Did someone configured his own system to work this way and decided it is a good idea to ship it as a part of an "opinionated" distro???
Isn't that the entire selling point of Omarchy?