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by nok22kon 27 days ago
nothing guarantees the Microsoft/Apple/Ubuntu/RedHat will not push an update through their infrastructure to delete some software from your computer

all OSes have malware level capabilities. it's literally the definition of an OS
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kuschku 27 days ago
> Ubuntu/RedHat

That still wouldn't affect projects like Debian or Arch, but going even further, they can't push through updates anyway. Nothing forces me to install updates, it's an active choice to do so.

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econ 26 days ago
Some day the right evil person will gain access to these things and use these fascinating capabilities. I hope it will take a long time.

In the meantime we might try think of a solution.

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