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They can be compelled by an outside force to do so. Or their business model may change
by mvid 9y ago
They can be compelled by an outside force to do so. Or their business model may change
- Groxx 9y ago"Compelled by an outside force" is the main fear for many people. Because it happens all the time, and some of those instances also have an NSL / gag order so they're unable to talk about it until years after the fact (if ever). Or they just threaten violence. Threat models aren't the same person-to-person - this probably won't happen to you (the grandparent), but embedded journalists / people trying to overthrow a corrupt regime depend on this stuff to literally keep them alive. Another fairly common possibility, and one that affects damn near everybody: they can get hacked and have their source code modified. This happens with some regularity, and it can affect apps too: https://www.macrumors.com/2017/05/07/handbrake-app-security-warning-servers-hacked/ https://www.macrumors.com/2017/05/07/handbrake-app-security-... but in a browser this happens silently and unpreventably. Apps don't (usually) update invisibly just because you launched them.