However...
> [...] by default it will tint your terminal background in a reddish tone while you are operating with elevated privileges
?!! ouch ... seems orthogonal to the actual important parts.
Disclaimer: I didn't try it.
I like the intent behind it, but some terminals already tint the header color when running sudo, I haven't tested if its done specifically for sudo or if its in a more generic way that could handle this as well.
I'll give them the benefit of the doubt and assume they only do this if $TERM supports color. But still. That $TERM variable can surprise a poor programmer in all sorts of ways.