Ok, I have no interest in an open account, which they said is impossible anyway, but that reply implies that a password is the only thing preventing easy access to another computer on a LAN.If your PC is plugged into any network... and you have an open account, anyone with access to that network has free and open access to your machine.
How would that "free and open access" theoretically be obtained?
Suppose someone in a coffee shop has my username and password. They could log in remotely if I obligingly turn off firewall and start ftpd or telnetd. But suppose no server is running; is access still easily possible? How?
I make a new 32-character password and keep it secret this time. Is access still feasible?
Easily??!!someone sitting on the street with the requisite hardware & software & knowledge can easily access your device, especially if you leave a simple open account.
Thanks for any information. I want to be just paranoid enough.