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Authored by: frgough on Mar 03, '09 11:52:36AM

How much more secure is it to have to type in admin name and password instead of just password?

Even with a non-admin privileges, my trojan can play merry hob with your personal data.



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Authored by: Anonymous on Mar 04, '09 10:50:13AM
No, the issue is that some actions do not require a password when using an administrative user account.

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Authored by: frgough on Mar 05, '09 07:21:55AM

Like what?



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Authored by: ansiwen on Mar 06, '09 10:57:39AM

Exactly, ONLY with your personal data, and it cannot modify system wide executables in /Applications or /Library



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