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by plst 1y ago
> Saying "the users need to be educated" doesn't solve anything. Google could start an education campaign tomorrow (...) Of course just saying it doesn't fix anything. I don't want Google or Apple or any other ve
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by plst 1y ago
> You'd be surprised at what warnings/permission boxes people will blindly accept when they think they're talking to someone from Microsoft or Google's tech support. But I know they do, I've seen this first hand.
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by plst 1y ago
> And they believe it. Two reasons: they are not educated about devices they use, desktop operating systems are still awful at security (exe from a mail attachment can have a pdf looking thumbnail, executed with two clicks, even if accid
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by plst 1y ago
But this is not about device integrity. I'm all for code signing and integrity verification. We need both technologies on pretty much all devices. You are just conflating two different issues - side loading has nothing to do with devic
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by plst 1y ago
You are forced to trust Google or Apple if you want a smartphone. They own the whole market, it's a duopoly. You already have no power to install an OS without such limitations on most smartphones. Limitations because it's not jus
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by plst 1y ago
Looking at the number of already discovered vulnerabilities in popular applications, I would say it's actually impossible to build secure systems right now. Even companies that are trying are failing. IMO it's still way too easy t
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by plst 1y ago
I love AppImages, but Flatpak tried to go way beyond - centralized updates, sandboxing/permissions system, package once, run on many distributions... Getting software from repositories is not just laziness, you automatically get update
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by plst 1y ago
> But imagine saying you’re disappointed the Windows executable format isn’t evolving! I actually am disappointed about pretty much that. There is still no good permissions/sandboxing mechanism for PC operating systems like what&#x2
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by plst 1y ago
> Geez, you're really tilting at windmills here. What makes you think if you had your choice of 100 different security products (as is the ecosystem on Windows and Mac) that you'd be any more secure than "just" relyin
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by plst 1y ago
Responding to a comment by bn-l, but also to the general sentiment about Apple and untrusted code I often see on hacker news. > The broader consumer base will install anything a bad actor wants them to and then blame the manufacturer for