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Viewfinity CEO Says Many Computer Users Are Overprivileged (Video)

Posted by Roblimo on from the striking-a-balance-between-extremes dept.

This isn't about your place in society, but about user privileges on your computers and computer networks. The more privileges, the more risk of getting hacked and having Bad People do Bad Things to your company's computers, right? So Leonid Shtilman's company, Viewfinity, offers SaaS that helps you grant system privileges in a more granular manner than just allowing "root" and "user" accounts with nothing in between.

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  1. Re:But then you overdo it... by DickBreath · · Score: 5, Funny

    That's okay to require use of the root password. I never forget my root password because on my WiFi I make the root password also be the broadcast SSID. Problem solved.

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