Re: Headless Pi 4B problems - continued

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'
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