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Is it possible to allow sideloading and keep users safe?

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205 points ColinWright | 1 comments | 30 Aug 25 12:03 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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fleshmonad ◴[30 Aug 25 13:19 UTC] No.45074401[source]▶
>Is it possible to allow sideloading and keep users safe?

Why is this a question of _allow_? Who is my hardware provider that he is somehow my guardian and must _allow_ me to install software that I want to install?

>Is it possible to allow people to do sports and keep them safe?

>Is it possible to allow people to roam freely and keep them safe?

>Is it possible to allow people to not be locked up in a padded cell and keep them safe?

People are responsible for what they are doing, and teaching them about technology is the best way to do deal with this example here, as it doesn't infringe anyone's human rights and would give anyone the resources to check their sources.

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edent ◴[30 Aug 25 13:24 UTC] No.45074460[source]▶
Every sporting body that I know of has rules to keep people safe. Even dangerous sports like boxing and American Football pit some effort into keeping participants reasonably safe.

Similarly, every modern society has rules to keep people safe when roaming. That might be as simple as warning signs it as complex as a coastguard.

We've had decades of warning people about online scams and I don't see any slowdown in the volume of scammy emails that I receive. Education clearly isnt working - and that imposes a cost on all of us.

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1. fleshmonad ◴[30 Aug 25 13:32 UTC] No.45074541[source]▶
Okay, how would you fix the scammy email problem? Only allow authorizing people to send emails after they applied for a government issued address?

Outlaw all non big corpo operating systems?

Perfect surveillance? All because some boomers can't into common sense?

It's also ironic that you bring up warning signs as a counterexample to my point, as it's exactly what I am saying. You can warn them, but you don't bar them from doing so.