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Surely this logic can be extended to lock down all computing devices? Moreover, if I had the choice, I would never trust a giant multinational corporation to b

Surely this logic can be extended to lock down all computing devices? Moreover, if I had the choice, I would never trust a giant multinational corporation to be the sole gatekeeper of my digital life.

musicale 4y ago
> Surely this logic can be extended to lock down all computing devices? Have you ever been asked for PC help from normal, non-technical users? "Oh, I might have thrown that away because I needed disk space." "I don't know, I just click OK on everything." "I had to install Flash Player." "I have a new taskbar that I can't get rid of." "Oh yeah I think I had to disable antivirus to get this game to play. Now my laptop is really slow." "I can't log in to my bank anymore." etc. I like the freedom of PCs, but they're not great as far as protecting you from user error, and not making mistakes requires a good deal of knowledge and concentration.
quitit 4y ago
Desktop computers remain less restricted because one can’t close pandora’s box after opening it. The fact that we have so many of these protection on smartphones is because of lessons learnt with desktop PCs - after a steady stream of viruses, ransomware and other forms of scams. What should have happened is a change to how approvals were made on the app stores for the European region, not removing the main source of protection for users. > “I would never trust a giant multinational…” But you use their hardware, their OS, their network stack… and this won’t change with these rules. So if you’re not trusting of these companies you shouldn’t have a relationship with them and should already be using unique hardware from a smaller vendor whereby you could satisfy these preferences. You absolutely do have a “choice”.
- oblio 4y ago
  > The fact that we have so many of these protection on smartphones is because of lessons learnt with desktop PCs - after a steady stream of viruses, ransomware and other forms of scams. These things we can solve with better tech, such as sandboxing & co. And no, you will never solve social engineering.

musicale 4y ago

> Surely this logic can be extended to lock down all computing devices? Have you ever been asked for PC help from normal, non-technical users? "Oh, I might have thrown that away because I needed disk space." "I don't know, I just click OK on everything." "I had to install Flash Player." "I have a new taskbar that I can't get rid of." "Oh yeah I think I had to disable antivirus to get this game to play. Now my laptop is really slow." "I can't log in to my bank anymore." etc. I like the freedom of PCs, but they're not great as far as protecting you from user error, and not making mistakes requires a good deal of knowledge and concentration.

quitit 4y ago

Desktop computers remain less restricted because one can’t close pandora’s box after opening it. The fact that we have so many of these protection on smartphones is because of lessons learnt with desktop PCs - after a steady stream of viruses, ransomware and other forms of scams. What should have happened is a change to how approvals were made on the app stores for the European region, not removing the main source of protection for users. > “I would never trust a giant multinational…” But you use their hardware, their OS, their network stack… and this won’t change with these rules. So if you’re not trusting of these companies you shouldn’t have a relationship with them and should already be using unique hardware from a smaller vendor whereby you could satisfy these preferences. You absolutely do have a “choice”.

oblio 4y ago
> The fact that we have so many of these protection on smartphones is because of lessons learnt with desktop PCs - after a steady stream of viruses, ransomware and other forms of scams. These things we can solve with better tech, such as sandboxing & co. And no, you will never solve social engineering.