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As a Linux user, I love that there’s a kind of device I can recommend my non-technical friends and family without worrying too much about their safety or privac
by mrmanner 4y ago
As a Linux user, I love that there’s a kind of device I can recommend my non-technical friends and family without worrying too much about their safety or privacy. Is it perfect? No. But the risk that they’re fooled into installing a malicious app is still a lot lower than with mandated side loading and app stores with lax oversight.
I.e the gatekeeping my government wants to prohibit is the reason I’ve been recommending these things. I guess I’ll have to switch to recommending AwareGo security training for everyone
- everfree 4y ago> mandated side loading In what respect does any phone currently on the market have "mandated side loading"?
- mrmanner 4y agoProbably nothing currently on the market - we’re discussing a law that’s in effect from 2024
- everfree 4y agoThen my question is: Why do you believe that relaxing app requirements on iOS would cause mandated side-loading, given that it's not a problem for anything else currently on the market?
- mrmanner 4y agoMy point was that the possibility to side load apps is becoming mandatory, and that that possibility comes with a risk. I don’t think people will be forced to side load things, sorry if I didn’t express myself properly
- someweirdperson 4y agoGovernment-mandated (usually in selected specific cases) spyware trojans are not installed through any of the app stores.
- everfree 4y agoWhat specifically do you mean by "selected specific cases"?
- someweirdperson 4y agoUsually "mandated" for people like terrorists, sometimes journalists, but only in few countries for everyone.
- HideousKojima 4y agoWhere is sideloading "mandated" on Android?