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Except of course it isn't complete bullshit. It's saved me a few times where naive family members (one greater than the age of 80, the other under 12) has inadv
by Angostura 7y ago
Except of course it isn't complete bullshit. It's saved me a few times where naive family members (one greater than the age of 80, the other under 12) has inadvertently downloaded mal/annoyanceware and tried to install it.
Crapware is a substantial cause of 'my machine's not working properly' among the less technically savvy
- realusername 7y agoThere's no relation between proper sandboxing (actual security) and a walled-garden like apple is building. You also can download malware on the App Store.
- Spivak 7y agoOkay, your wish is granted. "Apps that want to escape an extremely minimal runtime sandbox need to be approved by Apple."
- realusername 7y agoI would prefer to leave that choice to the user.
- qtplatypus 7y agoAnd the user can choose to bypass that check by removing the quarantined flag.
- realusername 7y agoYou have a point but that's exactly the same on an app store. They can just select "yes" to the permission dialog and we have exactly the same issue.
- johnisgood 7y agoOn the other hand, people who have been doing this for a living will have less work to do!