Re: Running as Root is not a Sin
Posted: Sun Dec 03, 2017 4:50 pm
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A backup is a backup. It is not designed for and it does not protect against system attacks. So 2 very different things. If an attacker successfully captures your system, it will following that act as the attacker's system, regardless if your backup is 1 hour or 1 minute old.mperkel wrote:Explain why it's dumb in the context of having good backups.
This cannot get considered; it is untrue.mperkel wrote:After all, my computer, my choice. What gives you the right to override my choice in a Linux world? Why doesn't my personal liberty give me the right to choose to be dumb? And have you considered that there might be cases where it is not dumb?
You have the freedom to take, what you want. You have also the freedom to alter the system for your needs. You do not have the freedom to command, what the devs - in agreement with the vast majority - have to throw overboard and to change, just because one person claims, that his freedom gets limited.mperkel wrote:The real question is - who get's to decide? Isn't getting to make my own choices what Linux is about? If I wanted a nanny I could choose Windows or Apple or Android. The issue here is about freedom of choice, not whether or not people think it's dumb. I have the right to be dumb.
RotflmaoAnd if that malware manages to get your credit card creds, having a backup won't help... unless it's a backup bank account with backup money.
"What's new in Linux Mint 19.x...
Linux Mint 19 features Timeshift, a tool dedicated to making wallet snapshots.
Timeshift is the perfect companion to the Paypal Balance Backup Tool. It doesn't just save your hard-earned moonies, it also takes snapshots of all your bank account savings.
Thanks to Timeshift you can create backups of your credit card itself.
You spent money by mistake? You can recover them. You ran as root, got hacked and something isn't working well anymore? You can go back in time."
But I'm not asking Mint to add a feature. I'm asking that it not go out of it's way to add code to block things from working.It's the same old misconception people have about freedom of speech. You have the right to speak your mind, but I'm not obligated to listen to it and I don't have to put up with you saying whatever you like in my house. I can ask you to leave. In a similar vein, Linux DOES give you the choice, but it doesn't mean Mint has to give you the exact choice to do it your way- that depends on the vision of the distro. With Linux, you have the freedom to choose another distro or even roll your own if you feel Mint is not right for you.