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Re:No, Google, We Did Not Consent to This by tokyodude on Friday October 12, 2018 @06:42PM (#18205241)
it is an impossiblity in all practical senses. This is the entire premise of Chromium. Knowing that there will always be bugs but designing the system so they are unlikely to be able to do bad things.

there's two points there

acknowledging it's impossible to have zero bugs ... and ... acknowledging that there will be exploits.

sure you can do better than average but "completely secure" is a myth

as for DoD there's this from 3 days ago

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18177617

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Re:No, Google, We Did Not Consent to This by ethbro on Saturday October 13, 2018 @06:57PM (#18210458)
It's only impossible when you look at rapidly developing, easy to use systems.

Which is my point and why the broad assertion is wrong.

Look at a VxWorks type OS. Or OpenBSD. Limited capability and compatibility, very strong security guarantees.

"Completely secure" isn't a mythical unicorn. It just costs time and money. A LOT of time and money.

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