What constitutes a “verified” operating system?
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Unusable3151@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
This would require “verified” operating systems: No alternative Android-based OSes. No Linux phone. Hell, no Linux desktop, or at least we would be stuck with a big-tech-built proprietary web browser.
This is a terrible idea.
lightnsfw@reddthat.com 3 weeks ago
Unusable3151@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
Whatever Apple, Microsoft, and Google decide it does.
dreadbeef@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
Whoever lobbies the govt the most to wrote the legislation
limerod@reddthat.com 2 weeks ago
Verified Operating System is the one where the manufacturer or OEM has built, installed, with a guarantee that it has not been tampered or rooted in any manner which can hinder DRM or any security guarantee it offers by default.
Think SafetyNet and verified boot on android, Or UEFI secure boot on windows.
Blackmist@feddit.uk 3 weeks ago
Well it requires a verified source for the data. I don’t see why it excludes open source at all.
Unusable3151@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
Because of who decides how such verification gets built. Just look at what is happening with Android apps to know how big tech companies will handle it. f-droid.org/…/google-developer-registration-decre…
ozymandias@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
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i am glad, however, that we’re not reshaping society in order to be more convenient customers for pornhub…