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0 pointschii6y ago0 comments

so the question is whether user freedom is a better tradeoff.

I will quote Benjamin Franklin

" Those Who Sacrifice Liberty For Security Deserve Neither."

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sneak6y ago· 2 in thread

Good thing you can still buy and use other phones that will run any malware you wish. It’s not a question of freedom.

Aeolun6y ago

Given the number of things that only run on an iPhone, I’m inclined to disagree.

etatoby6y ago

Such as?

userbinator6y ago

That infamous quote has gotten rather a lot of visibility within the past few years, AFAIK it gained popularity shortly after Secure Boot and Cory Doctor's articles that started the term "war on general-purpose computing" became well known, over 7 years ago:

https://boingboing.net/2012/01/10/lockdown.html

A few more relevant quotes:

"Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes." -Gandhi

"Insecurity is freedom." -(various)

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