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MarkJFine
Professor
8 years ago

OMG

Nothing to see here, just logging in as ROOT WITH NO PASSWORD... https://www.wired.com/story/macos-high-sierra-hack-root Incidentally, this is only with macOS. Opening a terminal and trying to su...
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MarkJFine
Professor
8 years ago

I just tried to unlock my preferences using the root trick... didn't work. I will look real foolish if this is a hoax. lol

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GabeU
Distinguished Professor IV
8 years ago
MarkJFine wrote:

I just tried to unlock my preferences using the root trick... didn't work. I will look real foolish if this is a hoax. lol

There's a plethora of articles about it.  If it's a hoax, it's a HUGE one.