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Circuit Chuckles · Daily comic

Least Privilege

Published Monday, 17 August 2026 · By Security.io

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In a four-panel black-and-white newspaper comic, Glitch asks whether the account's privileges were reduced while Rusty proudly files down a physical ADMIN key and insists it is much less privilege even though it still opens everything.

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Rusty confuses least privilege with physically making the key smaller.

Transcript

Accessible reading order
  1. Panel 1 — Glitch: Did you reduce the account's privileges?
  2. Panel 2 — Rusty: I am reducing them now.
  3. Panel 3 — Rusty: Much less privilege.
  4. Panel 4 — Glitch: It still opens everything.
  5. Panel 4 — Rusty: But it fits in a smaller pocket.