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		Nursie 8 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Is it possible to allow sideloading and keep users... I look forward to you explaining all that to my elderly mother. Once you’ve explained the difference between Google and “the internet”, you may stand a chance. I wish you luck, I’ve been trying that for a while. BRB, heading out for popcorn.

error503 8 months ago [–]

They don't even need to know it is a thing that exists. The defaults (ie. the status quo of implied trust in the OS vendor) are fine for this type of user.

Nursie 8 months ago | [–]

Sure. Now how are we going to stop them being talked into changing that by scammers, given that we’re not even explaining what that does?

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