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> I expect applications to have access to my desktop. I do not need to be asked. You mean the place where your mom stores her confidential banking statements ?
by JustFinishedBSG 7y ago
> I expect applications to have access to my desktop. I do not need to be asked.
You mean the place where your mom stores her confidential banking statements ?
> It would be like asking permission to access my clipboard,
You mean the place where you often copy paste passwords ?
> or read my keyboard.
You mean the place where you type your sensitive infos ?
- Wowfunhappy 7y agoThis is precisely why I chose those examples. My keystrokes contain sensitive information—the ability to read them comes with enormous potential for misuse. However, if my keystrokes can't be read, my keyboard isn't useful for much. At some point, the only way to be truly secure is to switch off the computer—that's why voting should be done on paper ballots! Once a computer is switched on and connected, everything is a tradeoff between usability and security. Personally, I have work to get done. At what point is Apple the only one able to make useful software? And by the way, while Apple is pretty good at user privacy, they are by no means at the top of my list, particularly after the whole Siri debacle.