Comment by moron4hire

3 days ago

A program one runs on one's computer can and should be able to do computer things. The alternative road you're advocating for ends in hardware attestation https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48086190

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no-name-here  2 days ago

There are in-between models, such as:

* Android's permissions model where the user must approve specific potentially undesirable classes of actions (separate from the 24H delay, etc controversy)

* Optional sandboxing