• BilliamBoberts@lemmy.world
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    4 hours ago

    As an IT guy, I’d love to give software devs full admin rights to their computer to troubleshoot and install anything as they see fit, it would save me a lot of time out of my day. But I can’t trust everyone in the organization not to click suspicious links or open obvious phishing emails that invite ransomware into the organization that can sink a company overnight.

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      3 hours ago

      Fair points but as someone who works in cybersecurity. Phishing emails can happen without admin access. I haven’t heard of any randsomware that is triggered by just clicking on a link.

      I think there should be some restrictions but highly technical people should slowly be given more and more control as they gain more trust/experience.

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        2 hours ago

        Of course but the impact could be much worse if the victim is admin on their computer.