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lunar_roveryesterday at 11:26 PM1 replyview on HN

To solve the issue from the source, you need to enforce security through means like mandatory access control. The problem is that existing desktop and server systems are too mature for that to be practical, you'll have to rework almost everything and users will certainly reject it violently due to the breakages.


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mike_hearntoday at 8:23 AM

Apple have shown it can be done with macOS. Not only is every app sandboxed in a usefully robust way (even ones distributed outside the app store) but this has been done in a way smooth enough that users didn't revolt.