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This is exactly why we don't want walled gardens. You can quickly loose your freedoms for the sake of "security".
by sschueller 6y ago
This is exactly why we don't want walled gardens. You can quickly loose your freedoms for the sake of "security".
- readarticle 6y agoI agree in a philosophical sense, but I’m not sure how a separate method of distribution would affect this particular situation. Unless the argument is just against gatekeepers in general, like the state.
- Mindwipe 6y agoI would say it's that any centralised code signing source will inevitably be unleashed in a geopolitical fight at some point, and setting them up in the name of security should always bear that in mind.
- Nasrudith 6y agoThe difference is that money is a source of control for it and is needed for fiscal transactions which are readily regulated compared to data exchange. It is far easier to send a Gigabyte of IP packets to North Korea than to send 25 cents. Bitcoin and others dreamed of it for currency but it has failed for several reasons.