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As a user, you're to be no longer trusted with such a thing as full and unconditional access to the device you bought. Browsers are headed the same way. And a l
by pmdr 1y ago
As a user, you're to be no longer trusted with such a thing as full and unconditional access to the device you bought. Browsers are headed the same way. And a large crowd here on HN is okay with this, because "security."
- stavros 1y agoYeah, exactly, it's a really worrying trend and one that I really don't want to see continue.
- apitman 1y agoI was under the impression browsers have been implementing more hardware access, not less, if slowly. What are you referring to?
- DecentShoes 1y agoManifest V3? No ad blockers in Chrome?
- apitman 1y agoI'm embarrassed I didn't immediately think of that, thanks.
- franga2000 1y agoThis has been true for a while, but the OP isn't even about full and unconditional access (like root access, which is all but impossible for normal use), it's literally just "sync my files".