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Re:University pays $20,000 to ransomware hackers by gambiting on Friday June 10, 2016 @04:18AM (#11874987)
That's exactly what UWP(universal windows platform) is - it sandboxes every app. But I am sure you will agree that having this as default behavior on windows would be disastrous, breaking compatibility with every app written before Windows 10, not to mention that the reason why we use PCs is to have low-level access to hardware, many applications require it and sandboxing isn't going to be a good option here. I guess MacOS way of doing things is a good in-between - by default, every app not from the app store is blocked, and you have to go through a slightly cumbersome process of unblocking it manually in security settings. I'm sure it beats the default windows permission popup, which I imagine 99% of users just accept without looking at, or disable outright.
Re:University pays $20,000 to ransomware hackers by pjmlp on Friday June 10, 2016 @05:35AM (#11875236)
If you search online Mac forums many people ask how to disable such features.

For average joe and jane security is a nuisance.

Re:University pays $20,000 to ransomware hackers by atomic_lock on Friday June 10, 2016 @09:02AM (#11876037)
Most of the people I know still keep it on. It also makes the user think a bit before clicking through the scary warning.
Re:University pays $20,000 to ransomware hackers by pjmlp on Friday June 10, 2016 @10:10AM (#11876436)
Many people just click away at every dialog that disturbs their workflow, specially if they are made to look similar to the real ones.

That is how many of these exploits work, regardless of the OS.

Re:University pays $20,000 to ransomware hackers by prof_hobart on Friday June 10, 2016 @08:25AM (#11875853)
Not as much of a nuisance as having all of your data corrupted.
Re:University pays $20,000 to ransomware hackers by pjmlp on Friday June 10, 2016 @10:08AM (#11876420)
Fully agree, but sadly not as many think about it, only after getting through such a pain.