Re:When will we get secure desktop OSes? (2018)
by goes_brrrrrr on Sunday July 25, 2021 @03:12AM
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> The microphone and camera are unplugged when not in use.
I guess you don't use any laptops than.
> I'd rather sacrifice some security and keep my freedom. We're already losing the war against general-purpose computing.
That's a false dichotomy. As a user you can give all the permissions you want to a sandboxed app you want to use. The only one losing freedom is the potential malware writer.
If you are true to this sentiment, I guess you run everything under the root/admin account of the computer, because that gives you maximum freedom, right? A non-root user is a sandboxed user.
Re:When will we get secure desktop OSes? (2018)
by summm on Sunday July 25, 2021 @05:01AM
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I don't have to run everything as root. I just need the option to easily run something as root when I choose to. An option that is denied to me on those walled garden phone OSes.
I guess you don't use any laptops than.
> I'd rather sacrifice some security and keep my freedom. We're already losing the war against general-purpose computing.
That's a false dichotomy. As a user you can give all the permissions you want to a sandboxed app you want to use. The only one losing freedom is the potential malware writer.
If you are true to this sentiment, I guess you run everything under the root/admin account of the computer, because that gives you maximum freedom, right? A non-root user is a sandboxed user.