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		ssl-3 6 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: ChatGPT Atlas My web browser runs as root? Atlas runs as root? Atlas is a keylogger that indiscriminately watches what I type? Are any of these things true?

jsheard 6 months ago | [–]

I assume they mean a web browser has root access to everything you do online, which is so far-reaching nowadays that it's not far from having root over your whole machine in terms of actual exposure.

jryio 6 months ago | | [–]

Indeed: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45659156

kvirani 6 months ago | | [–]

Yes

Ezhik 6 months ago | | [–]

https://xkcd.com/1200/

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