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This grants full host permissions and device access, defeating container security.
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--privileged gives the container nearly all Linux capabilities — it can mount filesystems, load kernel modules, and interact with hardware. Essentially the container becomes root on the host. Extremely dangerous in production — only ever needed for containers that legitimately need kernel-level access (like docker-in-docker setups).
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