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On 27/01/2025 11:48, Chris Elvidge wrote:
> On 26/01/2025 at 18:20, 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.
>>
>
> This, exactly.
>
> Yet another example of 'we know better than you' and 'make it easier for
> (some unknown version of) everyone'
>
It has probably had a couple of hundred thousand bucks of EU taxpayer
money spent on  deciding that 'it ought to be this way, to Protect the
Peepul'

--
Labour - a bunch of rich people convincing poor people to vote for rich
people by telling poor people that "other" rich people are the reason
they are poor.

Peter Thompson

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