Aral Balkan

Aral Balkan’s personal web site. Covers small technology as an alternative to big tech and surveillance capitalism, human rights in the digital age (cyborg rights), personhood, and democracy.

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Dear Linux, Privileged Ports Must Die

2022235 points193 comments Networking & Internet details

Privileged ports were a security feature in the days of dumb terminals, in the age of the World Wide Web, they are a security vulnerability.