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by acdha 3831 days ago
How is code supposed to determine user intent? The AVG developers would no doubt say the user intended to install their software and didn't want to have to learn all of the details, just like every other malware / adware vendor claims; the Chrome developers would say that users want to be secure but if you ask, millions of people will be insecure because they made a mistake or were encouraged to believe something was safer than it actually is.

There simply isn't a simple solution to this problem.