FWIW: the grandparent has editted the comment to remove the framing I was responding to (something along the lines of "root access is inevitable"), which explains why everyone is being so outrageously touchy.
I guess I should have quoted. My apologies for seeming "snarky", but the conversation you read isn't the one I was engaged in.
But let me repeat for a fourth time that you shouldn't be running processes as root, whether or not you have worries about undiscovered vulnerabilities and especially regardless of whether you are "predisposed to think ill" of the people telling you that.
UID separation isn't a perfect model, but it's a good one, and you should use it.
I guess I should have quoted. My apologies for seeming "snarky", but the conversation you read isn't the one I was engaged in.
But let me repeat for a fourth time that you shouldn't be running processes as root, whether or not you have worries about undiscovered vulnerabilities and especially regardless of whether you are "predisposed to think ill" of the people telling you that.
UID separation isn't a perfect model, but it's a good one, and you should use it.