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   The Natural Philosopher to Chris Elvidge   
   Re: Headless Pi 4B problems - continued   
   27 Jan 25 14:06:01   
   
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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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