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		syntheticnature on April 23, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: How to manage phones and PCs for elderly p... I figure the downloaded malware is more a reference to machines running Windows, not Ubuntu.

desdenova on April 23, 2024 [–]

It's still pretty easy to download malicious shell scripts that can wreck your user data and configs on Linux, so noexec is a great tip for setting up a system for a non-technical user.

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