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Like, how do you decide which apps to trust on your PC? While Windows does have a store, I'd wager the majority of installs are still done by downloading .exe f
by theon144 8y ago
Like, how do you decide which apps to trust on your PC? While Windows does have a store, I'd wager the majority of installs are still done by downloading .exe files off the software's homepages. Executable binaries that run with full privileges, with minimal permission granularity, no less.
Somehow we're not discussing prohibiting filesystem access for personal computers? Why is this an issue for smartphones, a.k.a. a pocket-sized personal computer?
- unilynx 8y agoInertia (the mass of already existing unsandboxed software) probably makes securing the (Windows) PC platform a lost cause. If Windows had proper filesystem sandboxing enforced on applications, ransomware would disappear overnight
- pjmlp 8y agoMicrosoft is slowly migrating Win32 into the store with each W10 release.