@adventure_tense@mapstodon.space
Post #2615676
2025-08-26 05:26 UTC
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@drchaos@sauropods.win 2025-08-26 06:16
@adventure_tense@mapstodon.space @Gargron@mastodon.social My best friend migrated his parents to Linux (20 y ago). The separation of admin and user accounts actually worked, software did not assume you were admin all the time, and he could let his parents only install software from trusted repositories. There is absolutely a case to be made for locking down the system. Don't forget, this is a pretty technically minded echo chamber we are in, what works for us is bad for others. But I agree: It should be possible to do stuff!
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@binford2k@hachyderm.io 2025-08-26 07:50
@adventure_tense@mapstodon.space @Gargron@mastodon.social we /want/ it to sound scary. It’s basically the `—no-preserve-root` of the mobile app ecosystem.
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@taketwo@social.tchncs.de 2025-08-26 13:13
@adventure_tense@mapstodon.space you have to trust the source of your apps either way and even Google can't catch every bad actor red handed. Security researchers find malware in Google play all the time.
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@adventure_tense@mapstodon.space 2025-08-27 18:40
@Gargron@mastodon.social This is about a platform mandating DRM, to control/manipulate revenue streams. I think Google (and Apple) are fully capable to manage platform security without gatekeeping access to our devices. They could improve OS immutability, or better admin rights without root privileges. As irritating as they can be, even the banks have developed secure financial platforms that still allow us to purchase WHAT we want, from WHO we want. #OpenSource #NoDRM #DeGoogle #GrapheneOS #DeApple #AOSP