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the issue is we as a market expect them to be responsible for the security of the OS and its apps. Its very difficult to manage security without control.
by viro 5y ago
the issue is we as a market expect them to be responsible for the security of the OS and its apps. Its very difficult to manage security without control.
- kelnos 5y agoOnly from certain perspectives. If I'm a network engineer at a company, I need full control of the network to ensure security. As just a user of that network, I would have to understand that I don't have full control for security reasons. But it's not my network. When it comes to consumer devices, there's no reason why security requires locked down devices that the so-called "owner" of the device can't control. The end-user should always be in charge. If the manufacturer chooses to put escape hatches in front of features that could lead to security compromise, then that's fine. But those escape hatches should exist, and I refuse to buy a general-purpose computing device that doesn't have them. The Google vs. Apple argument here is specious; the locked-down nature of Apple's devices is not necessary for their better (but honestly still not great) security, and the less-locked-down nature of Android is not what makes it a security minefield.