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Pluton will prevent running software modified without permission of developers
- rolph 5y agocoming to a network near you; blacklisting scripts based on detection of pluton; ideally rendering pluton devices unwantable by the average person
- bastawhiz 5y agoThe discussion about this two months ago seemed to conclude that many of the biggest concerns about Pluton are overblown or misunderstanding. Has something changed? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29859106 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29859106
- NoahKAndrews 5y agoThe headline here doesn't match what the article is saying at all either
- marcodiego 5y agoFrom the article: "He said that Pluton will also prevent people from running software that has been modified without the permission of developers."
- anaisbetts 5y agoIt's wild that developers get so mad about the possibility of Microsoft locking down what can run on computers, when Apple has actually Done all of the things people fear and nobody bats an eye. Apple now controls 100% of the software running on people's computers via software literally called "Gatekeeper" and can revoke it at any time.
- selfhoster11 5y agoThat's because Apple holds a minority share of all the world's computing power, whereas Windows is synonymous with the term "PC".