Rainer Weikusat <rainerweikusat@???> writes:

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> is the fact that "X runs as root" in itself problematic? The
> answer to that is "it isn't".

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> There's obviously a double-standard applied here

Addition: It's probably or potentially possible to make a sensible
argument for "not running X as root", but that would have to relate
specifically to the program, "it was written by group-of-people A and
this makes group-of-people B nervous" is not one (especially
considerinig that A and be are not disjoint).