Another psychotic discussion thread.
Take your pick, people:
1. A fully locked down environment.
2. An open environment where safety requires good IT security skills that are regularly updated.
3. Something in the middle.
What I want to know s this: Are the same voices that bitch about the lockdown the same people who bitch about security weaknesses?
Empirically we know what happens when the system allows users to give away their security to achieve better application functionality. I can tell you where the model is headed as it matures. Operating systems used by the masses get increasingly locked down. App store policing increases. Eventually we end up with a phone/tablet/computer that won't allow an idiot to circumvent its security. Or at least, make it very difficult.
And the invincible space cadets will continue to complain for a long time because they have to.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
