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		ndnxhs on Feb 3, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Dotfile madness >a few users are too lazy Running untrusted programs is the default way we do computing. No one has time to audit every single program they run. The current desktop security model comes from when people mostly ran the programs that came with the OS and programs they wrote themself. Its vastly inappropriate for modern computer usage.

elihu on Feb 3, 2019 [–]

> The current desktop security model comes from when people mostly ran the programs that came with the OS and programs they wrote themself.

Even that isn't particularly safe.

ndnxhs on Feb 3, 2019 | [–]

It was good enough to stop bob on floor 5 from hogging all the CPU and preventing Jim's buggy script from deleting everyone's emails.

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