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    [โ€“] veniasilente@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

    You can say that just about anything.

    sudo grub sudo boot sudo root=/dev/disk/linux sudo kernel-6.1.image sudo init sudo elogind sudo xterm sudo bash sudo nano

    [โ€“] scinde@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

    Again, like I replied to the other comment, most of the programs you need root for are designed with security in mind and are inherently more secure and have less vulnerabilities than a non security focused program (that is not to say that it is impossible for a security program to have vulnerabilities -it certainly occurred before and keeps occurring- they just have a lot fewer). But even if you need root permissions for a non security focused program, you still shouldn't let any program have it, the whole point is to minimize the surface of attack.