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> Giving most people a “general purpose computer” these days is giving them
> enough rope to hang themselves. That’s why people that have never learned
> computers (or did and hate them) like iPads so much. It’s extremely
> difficult to mess anything up, and you don’t have to worry about antivirus
> and updating java and flash and all this other crap. Apps are sandboxed,
> privacy is taken seriously, background apps (spyware) can’t track you, etc.
>
> As someone concerned with security, I’ll gladly tell people to switch from
> a virus-laden Windows laptop to an iPad or Chromebook.
>
> As someone concerned with privacy, I’m conflicted in offering those
> suggestions because the security comes from proprietary app stores and
> review teams, trusting all your data to be stored by the GOOG, not having
> the ability to run your own code, etc.
>
> Maybe it’s just as simple as: there is not one solution for everyone. Let
> the majority of people that have no interest in running their own code use
> iPads and Chromebooks. For developers and people that know enough to take
> precautions, keep using Macbooks and Thinkpads and whatever.
>

“A story about Jessica | Lobsters [1]”

This is a comment on A Story About Jessica (A timeless story of a 17 year old
girl trying to use her computer safely.) [2], and is presented here just as
another data point about giving up control over our own computers [3].

[1] https://lobste.rs/s/ybseoh/a_story_about_jessica/comments/4gm1rg#c_4gm1
[2] http://swiftonsecurity.tumblr.com/post/98675308034/a-story-about-
[3] gopher://gopher.conman.org/0Phlog:2015/02/25.1

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