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>It makes me wonder about the meta question about how to stop whatever the next iteration of this will be My take: general computing will be gone. There will
by 63stack 2y ago
>It makes me wonder about the meta question about how to stop whatever the next iteration of this will be
My take: general computing will be gone.
There will be no way to run arbitrary code on any device.
You can see the screws already tightening at several places. Phones have various methods like safety net that is meant to "protect you", apps can now detect if they were sideloaded, bootloaders are locked.
DRMs are running with kernel level privileges, Microsoft requiring TPM on new releases of windows. There is pretty much one browser left (Chrome), so google can do whatever they want with the web. I'm sure they are already drafting out the next "web attestation" API, except this time they will do it in the dark instead of in the open.
DNS over https means that you can no longer block devices from phoning home on your own network.
There is a handful of companies controlling about 90% of the internet if not more.
- philistine 2y agoI understand and sympathize with your point of view, but a general bars open policy with a kernel is not a necessity for general computing. Let's focus on the idea that you don't have to vet your code by the maker of the device, not that your tentacular code needs to access every single memory address.