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The old "but think of the old people argument" used to remove our ownership of our devices and freedom to do what we want. Either it is my device that I own an
by gustavus 3y ago
The old "but think of the old people argument" used to remove our ownership of our devices and freedom to do what we want.
Either it is my device that I own and I can make decisions for or it isn't, and if it doesn't belong to me then who does it belong to?
- dwaite 3y agoInter-networked connectivity made this style ownership model untenable though since the 90s - the amount of harm an application can do now that it can receive remote instructions and siphon off data has increased. Hence software publication tied to real-world identity, sandboxing to reduce access to local sensitive data, entitlements to enumerate needs for local capabilities and a review process both to restrict unnecessary entitlements and put additional non-technically-enforceable restrictions on software. Maybe if GDPR-like regulations were not laxly enforced or non-existent, the platforms would need to do less policing themselves.