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   The Natural Philosopher to Chris Townley   
   Re: Headless Pi 4B problems - continued   
   27 Jan 25 08:49:27   
   
   From: tnp@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 26/01/2025 22:52, Chris Townley wrote:   
   > On 26/01/2025 20:37, Knute Johnson wrote:   
   >> On 1/26/25 12:20, Chris Green wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>   
   >>> Is there **really** such a big security issue with default login names   
   >>> and passwords on Raspberry Pis?  Surely almost all of them are going   
   >>> to be on home networks behind NAT routers and also surely no one is   
   >>> going to (without thinking about it a bit!) put confidential data on   
   >>> one.  Anyone installing any system which is going to be directly out   
   >>> on the internet should be very aware of the risks and will do what's   
   >>> required.   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> I don't know but there appear to be a few people who can't get their   
   >> password into their Pi successfully.   
   >>   
   >   
   > Most who cannot are people trying to use a foreign keyboard, which you   
   > cannot set up in the imager   
   >   
   Why would you be using a keyboard at all on a headless Pi?   
      
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