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Indeed, the article's assertion that "mobile is convincingly a more secure platform" falls over if you don't trust the gatekeepers holding the keys.
by kibwen 3y ago
Indeed, the article's assertion that "mobile is convincingly a more secure platform" falls over if you don't trust the gatekeepers holding the keys.
- Andrex 3y agoAnd even if you trust them, they could be compromised now or in the future: https://www.computerworld.com/article/3712380/russia-hacks-microsoft-its-worse-than-you-think.html https://www.computerworld.com/article/3712380/russia-hacks-m...
- tptacek 3y agoSo that's fine and all, but if you've lost that trust in the platform itself, you can't trust any E2EE; it's not as if browsers somehow fare better in that analysis; they are in fact strictly worse.
- fatkam 3y agobrowsers do add one more layer of trust when thinking about the OS, but any mobile app also does?
- lmm 3y agoBrowsers can run on platforms that don't have secret baseband firmware, obligatory auto-updates, etc. etc.. Obviously a layer on top of a specific platform can never have better security than that underlying platform, but you can run a browser on a better platform.