9tr6gyp3 @ 9tr6gyp3 @lemmy.world

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Get off of Chrome

Get off of YouTube

Get off of gmail

Get off of Google

Theres a whole big internet out there. You don't have to limit yourself to one single company.

And the anti cheat functions in user space! No special permissions required.

How do you figure this out scientifically?

What are we going to move to?

Regarding desktop antivirus, it's often the case where it is not necessary to have. Windows has Windows Defender built-in, and other operating systems have other means to mitigate any type of viruses. There are actually reports of antivirus causing attacks because their hooks are so deep in the operating system.

Even trusted apps and app stores are prone to being malicious. The upstream packages that they use can have a malicious developer or insecure package, and it gets incorporated in the app, then distributed. Thats why it's important to use devices that get hardware/firmware updates to help protect against this. If a rootkit is installed, there is no way to ever get rid of it on your system.

No amount of antivirus or alternative OSs will save you from unpatched hardware vulnerabilities though. Visiting a malicious web page or downloading a temporarily hostage app from your favorite app store can be enough to allow the bad guys into your device.

As long as you have a currently supported device and keep it up to date, you shouldn't ever need antivirus.

There was a lawsuit to remove Windows Explorer? Did you mean to say Internet Explorer?

Each developer will have to be authorized by Apple to switch engines “after meeting specific criteria and committing to a number of ongoing privacy and security mitigations,”

Now they can babysit other browsers and make sure they're secure too, ig. Might as well throw that responsibility on the trillion dollar company. At least the browsers will end up more secure once the apple security team audits them.

The lack of updates to old devices might be exactly why apple doesn't want to be compatible with them. It's a HUGE attack surface. They can't babysit every device's downfall.

Pick one and post the issue then.

Sure. An ex-boyfriend doesn't take the breakup from his girlfriend well, and decides to locate her. He remembers his phone used to be paired with hers, and decides to use that to find her.

As much as you want to fight me and make fun of me for this, this is a serious concern.

Tracking purposes, perhaps.

Thats why I'm asking if they know why the feature was removed so I can look up the specifics.

Thats not true. There are still phones out there being actively used that have been end of life for years now. There is no way to corral those insecure devices.

Which manufacturers and which products?

Security.

Security is the main reason you should get an iPhone, tbh.

Do you happen to know why they removed that feature?

Do you have an example of them rejecting a quality product from being used in their phones?

"We need you to stop making a good product so your customers can finally move away from it."