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		eu on Aug 13, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Zoom installer let a researcher hack his way t... Tried `rm -rd /` as root on a Mac once. I didn’t expect it to boot just fine after :)

dev_tty01 on Aug 14, 2022 | [–]

Well, in recent Mac systems '/' is read only so nothing will happen.

hungryforcodes on Aug 13, 2022 | [–]

So what DID happen after? :)

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