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Actually, we need more modern OSs that allow isolation of priviledges from apps and alike (similar to what iOS does, but desktop), and manually activating thing
by hobarrera 10y ago
Actually, we need more modern OSs that allow isolation of priviledges from apps and alike (similar to what iOS does, but desktop), and manually activating things like cameras/mics per-app.
POSIX (and the upper, newer, layers of API) is really starting to show it's age, since it's from a time when "untrusted software" was not that much of a thing.
- pjmlp 10y agoThat is the direction of macOS and Windows are going, but apparently many wish things to stay the same old POSIX way.
- pmontra 10y agoIn part yes, but there are people (me included) who are past the point of trusting the companies that are making most of the software and the hardware we use, OS included. That's why verifiable hardware switches are important.