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MeeGo rethinks privacy protection

MeeGo rethinks privacy protection

Posted Apr 14, 2011 21:16 UTC (Thu) by smoogen (subscriber, #97)
Parent article: MeeGo rethinks privacy protection

> That's a discouraging conclusion for anybody who wants to install arbitrary applications from untrusted sources.

Well mathematically I don't see how any other conclusion can be possible without calls to magical ponies and beefy miracles. I can see ways of making the risks less (say every application is considered its own user and runs inside some sort of tarpit) but once it shares anything.. it is up to it not share too much. and once it accepts anything.. it must not accept too much.


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