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Re:About the browser choice screen in the EU by throwaway22032 on Friday August 23, 2024 @07:57AM (#41328189)
> The only way I can think of squaring this circle is for Apple to sell two different SKUs of every iPhone: one that can sideload (and allow apps such as alternate app store apps to install other apps), and one that cannot. Then users can choose their overall security model once at time of purchase.

Well, no, the Android model for unlocking the bootloader works well here - just make it awkward enough that a typical user can't do it without jumping through a few hoops.

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Re:About the browser choice screen in the EU by sneak on Friday August 23, 2024 @05:12PM (#41333146)
No, this is insufficient. Unskilled users will listen to people they shouldn’t and will jump through the hoops when instructed appropriately by those who wish to deceive or surveil them.

Remember the whole Facebook surveillance VPN thing?

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Re:About the browser choice screen in the EU by throwaway22032 on Sunday August 25, 2024 @01:11AM (#41344569)
I don't agree that it is insufficient, it's not 100% absolutely fool proof, it doesn't have to be.

A kitchen knife isn't foolproof, you could convince someone with a sufficiently low IQ to stab themselves with it.

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