On Thu, 02 Oct 2003 09:57:20 +1000, in <alt.privacy.spyware>, Michael Palmer
<dismal_dan@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Basically you are safe unless you are online and logged in as root.
[snip]

Notwithstanding the fact that logging-on as root is ALWAYS a risky
proposition, and should NEVER be done unless you really *really* need to,
that is simply not true.

> Operating as a user in the Linux/Unix environment isolates your
> workstation from the operating system.
>
[snip]

And neither is that.

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Jay T. Blocksom
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"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
-- Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania, 1759.

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