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[-] LKC@sh.itjust.works 73 points 8 months ago

If you allow root privileges, there is:

sudo rm -rf --no-preserve-root /

If you want to be malicious:

sudo dd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/sdX

or

sudo find / -exec shred -u {} \;

[-] Shadow@lemmy.ca 39 points 8 months ago

Let's extend a little and really do some damage

for x in /dev/(sd|nvme)*; do dd if=/dev/urandom of=$x bs=1024 & ; done

[-] mrbaby@lemmy.world 32 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Now alias ls= all that. And throw it in a background process. And actually return the value of ls so it doesn't look like anything nefarious is going on.

I bet you could chroot into a ram disk so you're not tearing the floor out from under you.

The victim would find this prank hilarious and everyone would like you and think you're super cool.

[-] 0_0j@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

You evil being! LMAO You just made me even more paranoid now, questioning every command I type 🤣

[-] hperrin@lemmy.world 11 points 8 months ago

Don’t forget the mmc block devices too. Gotta purge those SD cards. (/dev/mmcblk*)

[-] fubarx@lemmy.ml 20 points 8 months ago
[-] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 13 points 8 months ago

Yes, you enter that in the terminal

🙃

[-] MonkderZweite@feddit.ch 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

~~sudo dd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/sdX~~

sudo cp /dev/urandom /dev/nvme0n1 or

# cat /dev/urandom > /dev/nvme0n1

Way faster.

But honestly, find ~/ -type f -delete is almost as bad.

this post was submitted on 30 Dec 2023
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