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And in those cases, does a password help?

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...

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.

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.