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Firefox for Android adding Google Integrity checks (www.omgubuntu.co.uk)

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[–] FineCoatMummy@sh.itjust.works 34 points 2 days ago

Indeed. These trusted computing measures would be ok IF and ONLY IF I get to control the trust root.

If Google controls it, Microsoft controls it, Apple controls it... Do. Not. Want.

It is scary b/c the forces trying to defend personal computing have to succeed every time. The forces trying to subjugate it only have to succeed once. Big segments already are lost. I'm afraid. In the end, it could all be lost. The very notion of computers controlled by us instead of by BigTechCo will have been a historical flash in the pan.

If computing was invented today, we would never have ANY open platforms. We only have it b/c they squeeked in before the door slammed shut.