You are not the only thing capable of running binaries on your system. There’s always the possibility of something else being compromised that now has the capability to run this binary.
Security comes in many layers on top of each other and with software having to work together to plug all possible holes, not just the direct exploitation paths you are currently actively conscious about and using.
I can’t emphasize enough, how much I and ol most others, could not give two fucks about hardening a home desktop. Just fine me a button. I don’t want to be trying passwords.
You can kindly fuck off with this level of hand holding lol. Forcing me to +x by default is a massive pain in the ass.
Forcing you to +x is the opposite of handholding. Do you want sudo to wipe your ass as well?
Year of the Linux desktop 2026.
You are not the only thing capable of running binaries on your system. There’s always the possibility of something else being compromised that now has the capability to run this binary.
Security comes in many layers on top of each other and with software having to work together to plug all possible holes, not just the direct exploitation paths you are currently actively conscious about and using.
I can’t emphasize enough, how much I and ol most others, could not give two fucks about hardening a home desktop. Just fine me a button. I don’t want to be trying passwords.