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Re:Linus Torvalds: “I'm happily hacking on a new save format... by davb on Friday March 07, 2014 @02:31PM (#7362220)
Perhaps modern operating systems (or hardware?) need two modes - "Safe mode", where everything is sanitised, checked, limited and Secure Boot-style verified, and "Open mode" where it's not; where experts and enthusiasts can work without limit and without DRM.
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Re:Linus Torvalds: “I'm happily hacking on a new save format... by Seeless on Friday March 07, 2014 @03:36PM (#7362583)
That only adds an extra step to the social engineering process.
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Re:Linus Torvalds: “I'm happily hacking on a new save format... by kalleboo on Friday March 07, 2014 @06:16PM (#7363389)
Safe mode is called iOS
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