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A comment on Ask HN: How do you trust that your personal machine is not compromised?. Parent comment

Re:Ask HN: How do you trust that your personal machine is no... by lrem on Sunday January 15, 2023 @10:12AM (#34389961)
When you’re tricked into installing a nasty app, you’re likely also tricked into giving it whatever permissions it needs for the nastiness.
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Re:Ask HN: How do you trust that your personal machine is no... by phyphy on Sunday January 15, 2023 @11:39AM (#34390688)
Which is not the fault of the OS
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Re:Ask HN: How do you trust that your personal machine is no... by fragmede on Sunday January 15, 2023 @11:46AM (#34390751)
who's fault is it then, if not the OS? that's basically the os's job; to isolate and manage the system's resources and access to them therin
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Re:Ask HN: How do you trust that your personal machine is no... by qu4z-2 on Sunday January 15, 2023 @05:59PM (#34394592)
At the direction of the device owner, though.
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Re:Ask HN: How do you trust that your personal machine is no... by fragmede on Sunday January 15, 2023 @11:44AM (#34390732)
the malicious app, even signed off the app store could also exploit unpublished vulnerabilities to gain elevated access and not require asking for permission. even or especially if it's not a full sandbox escape.
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