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True in theory but good luck explaining this to my grandma/99% of internet users. People click links freely even if they shouldn’t,

• geofft 6y ago
  Twenty years ago they ran .exes just as freely.
  • koluna 6y ago
    And? Why should we still be adapting the security and privacy model we had 20 years ago? To your analogy, 20 years ago this bit us all in the ass just as much because every EXE brought with it all sorts of toolbars and adware. I don’t want the web to become this.
  • hkt 6y ago
    Yes, and we established that was an awful idea..
  • maccard 6y ago
    20 years ago laptop weight was measured in pounds, clock speeds we're in MHz, storage was in single GB ranges, and battery life was a quarter of what it is today. Dial up was common, there was no youtube or spotify. Let's not hold ourselves to the standards of 3 generations ago of technology