2026-03-01 17:16 UTC
@soller@floss.social @TornaxO7@mastodon.social the death of PC and rise of mobile devices comes with something positive : less cybersecurity vulnerabilities. Major PC OS (Windows, MacOS and Linux) are so bad at security compared to mobile OS. I hope new players like @redox@floss.social could come with security in mind (like capabilities) to reduce the huge attack surface traditional PC OS has.
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@mmstick@fosstodon.org 2026-03-01 21:06
@blueluma@mastodon.social Most phones and tablets only get a few Android updates, so the vast majority are left on older versions with security vulnerabilities. And even if the hardware is still perfectly fine, there's often not much choice but to upgrade to the next phone every couple years.
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@redox@floss.social 2026-03-05 15:07
@blueluma@mastodon.social @soller@floss.social @TornaxO7@mastodon.social The Android's Java memory safety, exploit mitigations and smartphone hardware security aren't bullet-proof, the attack surface is big in both desktop and mobile platforms. The best design is to reduce the attack surface, which the microkernel architecture does.