Jonathanair

Q: Privileges Gained by being Made an Administrator

I am considering allowing a child who is a user to be an administrator. Will they have access to my personal data such as passwords e-mail, calendars basically everything that I see when I log in?

MacBook Air (11-inch Mid 2012), OS X El Capitan (10.11.2)

Posted on Dec 28, 2015 1:29 PM

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Q: Privileges Gained by being Made an Administrator

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  • by Linc Davis,

    Linc Davis Linc Davis Dec 28, 2015 1:36 PM in response to Jonathanair
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    Dec 28, 2015 1:36 PM in response to Jonathanair

    Potentially, yes. You should not give administrator privileges to a user unless you trust him or her implicitly to do anything you can do.

  • by pinkstones,

    pinkstones pinkstones Dec 28, 2015 1:37 PM in response to Jonathanair
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    Dec 28, 2015 1:37 PM in response to Jonathanair

    Giving someone administrator access means giving them complete and total access to everything on your computer, including the ability to install and remove software.  I wouldn't give a child that kind of access to a computer, no way no how.

  • by Cmoore01,

    Cmoore01 Cmoore01 Dec 28, 2015 1:47 PM in response to Jonathanair
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    Dec 28, 2015 1:47 PM in response to Jonathanair

    My question would be, what issue or situation are you trying to solve by making this user (regardless of age) an administrator? In my support at work, and at home, I restrict who has access to Admin rights, to save myself a load of headaches. What are you trying to accomplish by elevating rights for this user?  Having said that, I agree with Linc and pinkstones, don't do it.