β² 895 βΌ Your car is here. (media.piefed.world) submitted 5 months ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@piefed.world to c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world 210 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[β] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 36 points 5 months ago (1 child) You're not supposed to, which means that lots of people probably do. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] hoshikarakitaridia@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago (1 child) Yes and yes. It's a very easy way to have all the pen testing software you want when you wanna feel like a hacker. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] tourist@lemmy.world 1 point 5 months ago (1 child) Sounds stressful. Is it not like having a stockpile of live weapons where you have to keep checking if the safeties are on? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] Taldan@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago Not really. You're not at much risk of harming yourself with the tools, and if an attacker is already on your system able to execute arbitrary software, you're already pretty well pwned Which isn't to say it doesn't present any risk, just that it's relatively negligible in a personal computing environment. In a corporate environment, you'd need strict controls on who can use those tools and when permalink fedilink source parent
[β] hoshikarakitaridia@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago (1 child) Yes and yes. It's a very easy way to have all the pen testing software you want when you wanna feel like a hacker. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] tourist@lemmy.world 1 point 5 months ago (1 child) Sounds stressful. Is it not like having a stockpile of live weapons where you have to keep checking if the safeties are on? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] Taldan@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago Not really. You're not at much risk of harming yourself with the tools, and if an attacker is already on your system able to execute arbitrary software, you're already pretty well pwned Which isn't to say it doesn't present any risk, just that it's relatively negligible in a personal computing environment. In a corporate environment, you'd need strict controls on who can use those tools and when permalink fedilink source parent
[β] tourist@lemmy.world 1 point 5 months ago (1 child) Sounds stressful. Is it not like having a stockpile of live weapons where you have to keep checking if the safeties are on? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] Taldan@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago Not really. You're not at much risk of harming yourself with the tools, and if an attacker is already on your system able to execute arbitrary software, you're already pretty well pwned Which isn't to say it doesn't present any risk, just that it's relatively negligible in a personal computing environment. In a corporate environment, you'd need strict controls on who can use those tools and when permalink fedilink source parent
[β] Taldan@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago Not really. You're not at much risk of harming yourself with the tools, and if an attacker is already on your system able to execute arbitrary software, you're already pretty well pwned Which isn't to say it doesn't present any risk, just that it's relatively negligible in a personal computing environment. In a corporate environment, you'd need strict controls on who can use those tools and when permalink fedilink source parent
