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by DaedalusII 74 days ago
your kernel is not isolate and if you accidentally run the wrong command in sudo you will nuke your computer lol

or just have a linux vps and ssh in for $5 a month
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petcat 74 days ago
> if you accidentally run the wrong command in sudo

I'm not seeing your point. Are you saying that I shouldn't use sudo because I might accidentally "run the wrong command"?

I know all the commands that I run and what they do.

> your kernel is not isolate

Am I more afraid of an npm package exploiting a zero day kernel vulnerability on my mac? Or just stealing my AWS keys and installing a crypto miner? Sudo suits my threat model just fine.

My m3 MacBook pro is a million times more powerful dev machine than a cheap $5 vps. Why would I waste my time with that.

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DaedalusII 74 days ago
yes you right, i assume you using claude code which can in fact accidentally run the wrong command

https://www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeAI/comments/1n1moqy/how_did_c...

https://www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeCode/comments/1sa3fx8/claude_...

https://old.reddit.com/r/ClaudeAI/comments/1jfidvb/claude_tr...

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petcat 74 days ago
My Claude runs as a limited user account, which I invoke using sudo.

Claude can run whatever commands it wants and the only harm it can do is nuke its own home directory. That's the whole point.

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indigodaddy 74 days ago
They weren't getting that sudo was just your mechanism for changing user.
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