When will we get secure desktop OSes?

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2021-07-25 05:30:03

PC/Mac using people. We have a problem. That problem is our machines are not remotely secure. 10yrs ago I used to not really worry about it but I feel like the time as come that if something isn't done soon we're all going to lose our data and have our bank accounts stolen etc...

Maybe this comes from working on Chrome where security is taken seriously. That's not to say it's not serious in other places but rather working on Chrome all the ways in which a program can do bad things and how to stop them comes up. Of course a browser runs "untrusted code" by which they mean, unless you shut off JavaScript, every page you visit gets to run code on your machine via JavaScript and/or WebAssembly.

That's awesome IMO. It gives us things like Google Maps which is amazing and things like Google.com/flights which gives instant and live results but it also means browsers have to be vigilant and have to consider how APIs are designed so that a random site's code can't do bad things to your computer.

Sure, some people will read this and rant that browser's shouldn't run code in the first place. I disagree. I think Google Maps is far better with JavaScript than without. But, that's beside the point.

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