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Comment by chillfox

2 hours ago

ok, let me expand on why I don't like it...

It's making a niche rarely done use case safer at the cost of making the common case (browsing the web) less safe.

And yes, I am fully aware that I can not press the button that give random sites access... But the issue is it increases the attack surface and is yet another thing that I could get tricked by on a bad day.

The OS should really be able to run code like a firmware flash utility in a sandbox that only has access to one USB device... But instead of improving the OS we keep adding features to the browser which increases the attack surface.

I have a very long list of things I am unhappy about the OS allowing just any app to do, especially app installers/uninstallers should not be a thing.