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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

--
Chris

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