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this post was submitted on 17 May 2026
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"Potential"? They are actively being exploited. And they don't require physical access to the device.
They dont require physical access, but they require access to a non-root account on the machine. How often do you create accounts on your local machine for malicious actors to use?
When you do a new OS install, do you create a separate user account for guests and then share the login details with random people?
Right, because it's impossible to get a person's credentials in this day and age.
The require the person to have already compromised you and be running software on your machine
At least one of them only needs a remote session and access to any account on the device.
Only doing a bit of heavy lifting there.