Re:No, Google, We Did Not Consent to This
by tivert on Friday October 12, 2018 @01:34PM
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> We just prioritize rapid development time and ease of use over security.
> If we wanted computers to cost $x0,000 and OSes to cost $x,000, and the pace of progress to be glacial, we could have completely secure systems today.
> It's a choice, not an impossibility.
Progress in core OSes and conventional hardware has already slowed down to a glacial pace, compared with previous decades. Rapid development is often used to just create a churn of useless sidegrades and other poorly thought out things (deceptively sold as upgrades).
It might be time to make that different set of choices.
> If we wanted computers to cost $x0,000 and OSes to cost $x,000, and the pace of progress to be glacial, we could have completely secure systems today.
> It's a choice, not an impossibility.
Progress in core OSes and conventional hardware has already slowed down to a glacial pace, compared with previous decades. Rapid development is often used to just create a churn of useless sidegrades and other poorly thought out things (deceptively sold as upgrades).
It might be time to make that different set of choices.