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    Does a local password increase security against remote attacks?

    And in those cases, does a password help?
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    Does a local password increase security against remote attacks?

    Thanks for your replies. I agree, every small step that increases the time an attacker has to put into a hack greatly increases security as long as there are enough unprotected targets. I'm wondering from a strictly technical point of view. How does a password stop a remote attacker? The...
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    Does a local password increase security against remote attacks?

    How does it help against remote attacks? I'm wondering if it does anything if the active user has admin rights as is usually the case.
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    Does a local password increase security against remote attacks?

    I have a user account password on my Windows 10 machine at home and am wondering whether this actually increases security against remote attackers or if it's solely for protecting against local attacks.
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