Post #2615677
2025-08-26 06:16 UTC
@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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@tranquil_cassowary@infosec.exchange 2025-08-26 13:01
@drchaos@sauropods.win @adventure_tense@mapstodon.space @Gargron@mastodon.social You can do it like Apple does for MacOS with notarization. Users can bypass it by going through several warning screens.
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@golemwire@fosstodon.org 2025-08-26 16:26
@drchaos@sauropods.win @adventure_tense@mapstodon.space @Gargron@mastodon.social I'm a believer in "locking" things down so that in order to install apps from unverified sources, you need to use the command line. So, it indeed is unlocked, and rights are preserved; but, the system is built so that if you're savvy enough to know when it's safe to bypass the system's security checks, you need to be savvy enough to use the command line. Best of both worlds in my opinion.