alt Hacker News> . I should be able to give my non-technical friend an apk and they can use it right then
Unfortunately that is the same vector that scammers use to drain people's bank accounts
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supern0va • today at 6:47 PM
>Unfortunately that is the same vector that scammers use to drain people's bank accounts
Is the solution really that no one can use a computer without special permission and inspection of government issued identification? If we wouldn't tolerate this with our desktop/laptop OS, why is it suddenly okay for our mobile computing platforms?
If Microsoft required this to run software in Windows, there would be riots.
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Such is the cost of computing freedom. This line of thinking is analogous to surveillance justifications in meatspace.