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> There is a legitimate problem with malware... This is a statement and argument that can and is used against any form of user control over their devices, user
by anonymousab 4y ago
> There is a legitimate problem with malware...
This is a statement and argument that can and is used against any form of user control over their devices, user customization, or general computing.
- gordaco 4y ago"But security!" has been the "won't somebody please think of the children" of the technology world for a long time. The end goal, intentional or not, is the same: restricting freedoms (or, on a shorter term, ignore valid criticism). Unfortunately, at least in the tech world it seems to be a great success. We now have walled gardens and unskippable updates. The next step, "trusted computing" (which is ultimately using a whitelist to forbid the usage of certain software), is already halfway here.