Re:Google have declared Droidscript is malware
by kelnos on Tuesday April 27, 2021 @12:38PM
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That's not what people are taking about, though. Certainly people want security features that make it more difficult for someone else to steal their car. But those features should be under the control of the owner of the car, not the manufacturer.
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Re:Google have declared Droidscript is malware
by kube-system on Tuesday April 27, 2021 @12:43PM
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It's really hard to do that and make the thing a consumer-friendly product. We've been trying to solve this problem for most of the history of computers, yet, attacking authentication (often indirectly) is still the #1 way that computers are compromised.
Most people simply are unable to properly handle private keys. All of the systems with the highest levels of consumer satisfaction have third parties that manage (or at least can override) keys on the user's behalf. Systems that do what you're suggesting are notoriously plagued with issues surrounding key management to the point where they never reach mainstream use. i.e. PGP, bitcoin, etc.