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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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m463 ◴[31 Aug 25 05:39 UTC] No.45080628[source]▶
"sideloading" connotates something that is negative.

On systems before apple's locked-down iphone, it was just called "installing".

The PC revolution started with people just inserting their software into the comptuer and running it. You didn't have to ask the computer manufacturer or the OS vendor permission to do it.

And note that apple doesn't allow you to protect yourself. You cannot install a firewall and block arbitrary software on your phone. For example, you can not block apple telemetry.

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pjmlp ◴[31 Aug 25 06:01 UTC] No.45080727[source]▶
Which is why alongside freedom came the business of anti-virus.
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wiseowise ◴[31 Aug 25 07:39 UTC] No.45081201[source]▶
Never in 20 years of using Linux/Macs I’ve ever needed anti-virus.
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charcircuit ◴[31 Aug 25 07:45 UTC] No.45081249[source]▶
You have been lucky. It's trivial for someone to write a stealer and trick someone to run it. For example there's been stealers targeting Linux built into trojans of Minecraft mods.
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aquariusDue ◴[31 Aug 25 08:38 UTC] No.45081528[source]▶
As another lucky soul do you happen to know of a case documented somewhere?
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charcircuit ◴[31 Aug 25 09:05 UTC] No.45081665[source]▶
For example.

https://support.curseforge.com/en/support/solutions/articles...

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1. aquariusDue ◴[31 Aug 25 12:19 UTC] No.45082615[source]▶
That is wild, the numbers are much bigger than I expected. Thanks for sharing!