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This has been going on since the Internet became widespread and Windows users started regularly downloading random executables from random websites.
by ronsor 9mo ago
This has been going on since the Internet became widespread and Windows users started regularly downloading random executables from random websites.
- sofixa 9mo agoAnd many things have been done, including Windows telling you in bold red letters that this software is dangerous if it wasn't signed by a trusted signer with lots of installs.
- curt15 9mo agoAnd why are those not sufficient for Android?
- lokar 9mo agoThis is not a theoretical issue. It’s a major problem is several countries, the governments are getting involved.
- ronsor 9mo agoYes, but governments are getting involved because governments always like increasing control and reducing freedom; the "major problem" is merely a pretext.
- lokar 9mo agoPeople are loosing their life savings
- ThunderSizzle 9mo agoIf you need to sacrifice your freedom for a little bit of security, then you deserve neither. It's true with this too. Most rules/laws don't actually stop problems, they just hide them.
- curt15 9mo agoAre the governments also coercing Microsoft to restrict Windows users to the Windows app store?
- lokar 9mo agoNo. In the impacted nations the issue is with the (vast) majority of people who only own an android phone.