Security
Some people view this key as giving access to dangerous system-level commands to anyone who has physical access to the keyboard or serial console. It has been argued that this perceived security is illusory, as anyone with physical access to the computer would already have the capability to compromise its security. The advent of the procfs interface has rekindled debate over this subject.
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