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This is not about security, it's about control. Of course we know, but they always spin it as being about security.
by userbinator 1y ago
This is not about security, it's about control.
Of course we know, but they always spin it as being about security.
- hsbauauvhabzb 1y agoOne man’s security is another man’s control. Edit: and to be clear, I’m against this change by google. I think there is value in protecting grandma from sideloaded apps (if that even happens in the real world) but this isn’t about protection of consumers, it’s about centralised control of what you can and can’t do, in preparation for handing over the reigns to an authoritarian government. ‘Security’ either to protect you from scams, protecting YouTube from third party apps, or preventing nation state hacking or similar will inevitably be the driving narrative.
- goodpoint 1y agoNo, it's not security. It never was.
- hsbauauvhabzb 1y agoWeird micro-aggression without any argument to back it up.
- xorcist 1y agoThey are just careful not to say whose security. It's not a lie if it is to secure their cashflow.