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This is misleading FUD disguised as an innocent question. The strategy is to pose a seemingly reasonable hypothetical that, in reality, encourages folks to disr
by Gorbzel 10y ago
This is misleading FUD disguised as an innocent question. The strategy is to pose a seemingly reasonable hypothetical that, in reality, encourages folks to disregard common sense, ignore security best practices, and instead embrace their worst suspicions about the role that ecosystems play in modern technology.
Reject this naive approach to reality. No, we will not disregard Tim Berners-Lee's role, timing, or place in history. We will not pretend that Cupertino should ignore their responsibility to prevent arbitrary code execution on one of the most widely deployed platforms on the planet. If anything, we celebrate that despite Apple being a giant target for quite a bit of criticism these days (some deserved, some not), for the most part, people on this thread recognize what a giant, unacceptable vulnerability Rollout.io is.
Tech must advance beyond adversarial, animus-based, abrasive reactions to other operating systems, ecosystems, and the like. No time like the present and no better opportunity than some ignorant HN strawman.