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  • I don’t believe there is any particular advantage of linux insisting on password input for privilege escalation. Obviously there is no proof of this, but I suspect that the design of this privilege escalation flow in linux is at least partly caused by its popularity as a server OS, for example the UI flow for Windows UAC wouldn’t work if you’re trying to remotely administrate a server through the terminal.

    Is Windows + UAC + no password secure?

    It should be, in fact I believe that by default if your local admin account doesn’t have a password set, remote logins and run-as is disabled for that account so you might even be able to argue that it is more secure. It’s probably one of the reasons why Windows 11 comes with a recommended option to disable passwords and only authenticate through Windows Hello.