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submitted 2 days ago by Quail4789@lemmy.ml to c/linux@lemmy.ml

I noticed Debian does this by default and Arch wiki recommends is citing improved security and upstream.

I don't get why that's more secure. Is this assuming torrents might be infected and aims to limit what a virus may access to the dedicated user's home directory (/var/lib/transmission-daemon on Debian)?

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[-] lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network 1 points 2 days ago

Not yet, but if every system was only protected against what already happened instead of also what could happen, we'd get hacked a lot more often!

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