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The root user of an operating system has access to resources that should not be available to every application. That's not anticompetitive per se, but it is req
by odyssey7 3y ago
The root user of an operating system has access to resources that should not be available to every application. That's not anticompetitive per se, but it is required for a secure computing system that preserves user privacy. It's a moot point to prevent software bugs that leak user data if the software is legally required to hand over user data.
- talldayo 3y agoIt's not a moot point at all actually, it's the only way you protect yourself from threat actors with more control than you have: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/12/apple-admits-to-secretly-giving-governments-push-notification-data/ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/12/apple-admits-to-...
- odyssey7 3y agoIf it’s illegal then it’s moot.