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Intel's mystery Linux muckabout is a dangerous ploy at a dangerous time

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Meh

Re: What security nightmare?

in order to insert a kernel module you need to be root

in order to modify an existing module you need to be root

doesn't that kind of defeat the possibility of an exploit?

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