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  Confession: I don't know what passwords in Linux are for I want to make Linux my main OS. I’ve used Windows for decades. Since Vista or 7, the Windows security model is this, from what I understand: unprivileged programs have limited/no ability to do scary things to your computer. they might be able to read some data, but it’s not going to implant malware in the boot sequence for Windows. if a program wants escalation, it triggers a UAC popup and the user has to accept it. Remote programs...