Isn’t it enough to just enter your password once to login, then receive a warning whenever you’re about to do something potentially dangerous?

If it’s such a big security risk, how come the most popular and widely used operating systems in the world and their users seem to be unaffected by it?

I guarantee, most new users coming to Linux from Windows/macOS are going to laugh and look at you funny if you try to justify entering your password again and again and again.

  • atzanteolEnglish
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    6 months ago

    NT (and therefore all Windows versions today) always had multi-user security. It’s essentially a ported version of DEC Alpha.

    1. DEC Alpha is a hardware not a software.
    2. I know that WinNT had multi-user capabilities, but I’ve simplified for conversation.