• ranzispa@mander.xyz
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    19 hours ago

    I guess a virus can, and often does, live in plain data. Moreover, can you not have scripts and executables in your personal directory? Can you not schedule a cronjob or a systemd service?

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      19 hours ago

      Everything is possible. The point of immutability is the ability to restore to “factory fresh” state with a power cycle.

      In theory, the data section is treated as data only, not executable. Software (games) can, and will, improperly store and execute code there, but at least they can be identified when they do and disabled/removed without breaking the underlying system.