alt Hacker Newson Windows the UAC (GUI sudo equivalent) requires actual user input (keyboard, mouse) on a dialog presented in a secure way (can't be faked by malware)
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jasomill • today at 1:05 AM
UAC is only a sudo equivalent when running under a non-admin user account, at which point it's nearly as convenient to simply run admin commands from a command prompt running as a separate user, or a separate desktop session entirely.
Windows and Mac each have well thought through and secure solutions to these problems. It just doesn't exist on Linux without serious sacrifice of UX.