alt Hacker NewsOn a desktop/laptop, root doesn't have anything even remotely as interesting as your own user. What you are arguing for is pure security theater.
On a desktop/laptop, root doesn't have anything even remotely as interesting as your own user. What you are arguing for is pure security theater.
It’s much easier to insert persistent malware when you can modify the operating system. I remember Windows viruses that would disable windows update. Very annoying!