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cosmic_cheese • today at 4:56 PM • 2 replies • view on HN

Having control over one's device and allowing anything and everything to have free reign on said device are two different things.

I'd love to have more control and customizability that the user can initiate, but random executables shouldn't be able to so much as sneeze without my permission. Third party software (yes, even the FLOSS variety due to issues such as supply chain compromises) must be treated as adversarial by default, anything less is foolishness.


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NetMageSCW • today at 6:24 PM

Why would you trust the user with their own security. Have you not seen the ten most common passwords?

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pishpash • today at 6:05 PM

Yeah, this gives a new meaning to demanding your password at the border.