Archived Anon claims Amazon allows NSA and private companies to spy on AWS users (archive.is)
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Archived Anon claims Amazon allows NSA and private companies to spy on AWS users (archive.is)
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[–] embers 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
The purpose of sudo is precisely to allow normal users to execute commands that require elevated privileges without giving them root access. For example a backup operator might be allowed to issue a command that backs up the system partitions.
[–] Hmmm 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
He's actually right. Data Techs in amazon do no have shell access to hosts.
They have access to switches and routers, and they can move hardware around, but most can't log onto parent hardware hosts, and definitely not onto VMs. A data tech should not be able to see what is running on a hw parent.
[–] Hand-Banana ago
They would have to use serial console