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Comment Re: Why is this silly? (Score 1) 87

You can easily tell who isnâ(TM)t a software developer in these comments. I too immediately thought âoeoh well of course theyâ(TM)re disabling them thatâ(TM)s a security nightmareâ when the reports started coming in before Apple said a word about why.

Now is money an ulterior motive here? Of course it could be. If it wasnâ(TM)t theyâ(TM)d probably just lock PWAs to Safari.

Comment Re:Ok.... (Score 3, Insightful) 136

Oh, that's all, is it.

Yep, you're right 1 hour max /s.

Browsers are the most insecure attack surface of any aspect of modern computers. Apple's s/w is built using standard engineering decision-making - can we rely on X being there ? Why yes we can, so we can delegate this function to that system framework which we've tested is all secure.

Except that all breaks down when someone installs a 3rd party browser. Now the security model of the system depends on the security model of the installed browser, and that's just not acceptable. It may be the user's fault that they installed but you can guarantee that Apple will be holding the can at the end of any argument over why their nudes are now all over the internet.

Comment Re: At what age do they become atheists? (Score 3, Interesting) 242

Freshman year in high school there was a classmate of mine who still believed in Santa. The other boys found out and just literally ruined his entire worldview in the span of a few minutes in a brutal fashion. He literally ran crying out of the classroom. So yeah, it happens.

Comment Re: The best theft deterrent (Score 1) 84

My dad had a Bronco back in the day with two gas tanks he could switch between, and when heâ(TM)d park it heâ(TM)d put the lever in between either position which effectively did the same thing, left the car essentially on empty though the fuel gauge would show it as a full tank. Helped him recover his car three times when it was stolen, they never made it more than two blocks.

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