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>Many of us became deeply involved in tech because some person (thanks Pat Volkerding!) or organization gave us a system were we could do whatever the hell we w
by naravara 8y ago
>Many of us became deeply involved in tech because some person (thanks Pat Volkerding!) or organization gave us a system were we could do whatever the hell we wanted.
Surely you can understand why letting people do whatever the hell they want might not be the best thing when people's personal and financial data is on the line.
- danieldk 8y agoSurely you can understand why letting people do whatever the hell they want might As a default no. But there should always be an option (with appropriate warnings) to do with your device what you want to do with it. might not be the best thing when people's personal and financial data is on the line. Even on a walled garden device people will open phishing mails and log in to phishing websites. There will always be attack vectors. Beyond a reasonable baseline in security (sandboxing between applications, etc.), the most important thing to do is to educate people on proper security practices.
- nradov 8y agoThe burned hand teaches best.