The head of the Signal app has criticized plans in the EU to allow messengers to have backdoors to enable automatic searches for criminal content. Signal is considered one of the most secure messengers.
So let me buy a goddamn phone that I can install what I want in it. Again, I do not give a shit about any phone manufacturers that want to make a walled garden out of their Android installations. I agree, it’s perfect for the grandmas of the world. But Google is forcibly doing this to every goddamn phone, phone manufacturer, and Android enthusiast.
The only silver lining is that whenever Google decides that unregulated social media services like Lemmy are not family-safe I won’t have to listen to your malicious horseshit.
forcibly doing this to every goddamn phone, phone manufacturer, and Android enthusiast
They can manage.
whenever Google decides that unregulated social media services like Lemmy are not family-safe I won’t have to listen to your malicious horseshit
So casual users can get wrecked, yet I’m malicious?
Maybe think of users other than yourself, weigh the potential losses to them by successful attacks, and consider whether OS designers have a legitimate claim in preventing exposure of known threats to casual users while still allowing power users to bypass those checks.
You’re assuming I use an Android app (trash) to get on here, and not a proper workstation or web browser.
You’re welcome to this “malicious horseshit” for eternity.
So let me buy a goddamn phone that I can install what I want in it. Again, I do not give a shit about any phone manufacturers that want to make a walled garden out of their Android installations. I agree, it’s perfect for the grandmas of the world. But Google is forcibly doing this to every goddamn phone, phone manufacturer, and Android enthusiast.
The only silver lining is that whenever Google decides that unregulated social media services like Lemmy are not family-safe I won’t have to listen to your malicious horseshit.
Seems you don’t care about grandmas & gen z.
They can manage.
So casual users can get wrecked, yet I’m malicious? Maybe think of users other than yourself, weigh the potential losses to them by successful attacks, and consider whether OS designers have a legitimate claim in preventing exposure of known threats to casual users while still allowing power users to bypass those checks.
You’re assuming I use an Android app (trash) to get on here, and not a proper workstation or web browser. You’re welcome to this “malicious horseshit” for eternity.