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Oh I absolutely agree with you. But in the windows kernel rooting exploit were really everywhere before that started being deployed. We can blame "everyone r
by nolok 9y ago
Oh I absolutely agree with you.
But in the windows kernel rooting exploit were really everywhere before that started being deployed.
We can blame "everyone runs root all the time" and "disabling uac is a common tip on all windows site because users are used to be super administrator", and they all come back to Windows security model and default being complete shit until Windows 8 ((7 was still super admin as default user right?)), but I certainly won't blame Microsoft for finally cleaning that mess.
Go back less than a decade back and most windows system of everyday users would have some kind of crap running as super root, that was terrible.
- candiodari 9y agoI don't get why people focus so much on windows for this these days. I mean, if you can get more freedom there, great, but it's not like it's lacking at all there. Apple and Google, and perhaps the telcos those are the companies that need convincing.
- nolok 9y agoI think you're missing the point. It's not about you, personally. It's about the general users. It's what, 90% of all desktop? And the vast majority of those are an easy target for such things. It's not really surprising that it gets some consideration.
- candiodari 9y agoBut there are already more mobile computers than non-mobile. Anybody who thinks desktop still matters for the general population is kidding themselves. Especially Apple seems to like the very (VERY) heavy handed walled garden approach. FB is a bit nicer than them, and Google seems most flexible, using "soft" means (e.g. kicking adblockers and emulators out of the app store, or simply not promoting them).