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I agree... I'm looking forward to see on the desktop this capability model pioneered in mobile devices. Unix file access permissions designed 50 years ago for
by eecc 5y ago
I agree... I'm looking forward to see on the desktop this capability model pioneered in mobile devices.
Unix file access permissions designed 50 years ago for multi-user shells are not adequate when dealing with potentially hostile applications accessing your data.
Today I'm more worried of a random App encrypting $HOME or hoovering up all my PII.
- michaelmrose 5y agoAre you really any more secure after you make the initial mistake installing the app? It's not like an attacker is unaware of the security measures in place.
- eecc 5y agoWell, I still lock the front door with the deadbolt at night although it won't stop a mob from breaking in, it's good enough to keep me reasonably safe against normal threats. Also, actively circumvent protection devices is proof of malice and possibly even criminal intent (remember DMCA?) so I don't see your point.
- solarkraft 5y agoYes, because awareness does not automatically mean ability to circumvent.
- foobiekr 5y agoHas there been any one year period in the last twenty years (NeXTSTEP for the first few years for MacOS) where there were not plentiful kernel exploits for Linux, MacOS, and Windows? I don’t think so.
- pjmlp 5y agoWindows, VMS and some mainframes/micros have had such capabilities based file systems for years, it was not pioneered in mobile devices. Now if some people just give access to everything instead of using ACLs, that is another matter.