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Then don't install software by bad actors. /s Seriously, your concern is true for any software you run. You install software--say AWS CLI--on trust. But maybe
by jonnycomputer 5y ago
Then don't install software by bad actors. /s
Seriously, your concern is true for any software you run. You install software--say AWS CLI--on trust. But maybe it also installs a non-CLI keylogger, right? You'd have to do some serious investigation to know.
The point, I think, is to have a standard to make it easier on the user to select the option across multiple applications.
It should, imo, be opt in instead of opt-out (defaults to DO_NOT_TRACK=1).
- theden 5y agoI define a bad actor here as software that makes non-consensual network connections. Agree on the software installs, and the risks attached. Modern OSes sandbox software wrt IO permissions, IMO we should be doing that sandboxing at the network level too. Disagree with you on the opt-in. It should be neither, the software vendor should be the one asking permission, either explicitly or as a prompt on a firewall.