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Re:We should have the ability to run any code we want on har... by willywanker on Friday September 05, 2025 @02:21AM (#45135504)
>An OS should be mandated to come with a browser than supports some locked down functionality

What for? Online banking worked perfectly fine on standard web browsers over HTTPS for years before smartphones became popular, why should that change now?

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Re:We should have the ability to run any code we want on har... by bee_rider on Friday September 05, 2025 @04:42PM (#45143349)
The modern web is too complicated to make a fully featured actually secure browser; the least-common-denominator feature set that both ends have to comply with should be simpler.
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