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1. sbierw+21[view] [source] 2012-09-04 00:32:08
>>rbanff+(OP)
Previously:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1246990

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2645170

This story won't see much traction on HN. The cult of Mac is too strong, and HN users generally aren't interested in secure operating systems.

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2. m0nast+P1[view] [source] 2012-09-04 00:48:32
>>sbierw+21
Yes, Apple is the reason most people don't care about an unbelievably inconvenient desktop sandbox.
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3. djcape+gf[view] [source] 2012-09-04 06:03:46
>>m0nast+P1
Haha. :)

To be fair, Apple's focus on usability and convenience could be linked to Qubes, in that they represent very different points on the "How much users should be thinking about security" spectrum.

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4. m0nast+Jf[view] [source] 2012-09-04 06:15:37
>>djcape+gf
Qubes to me seems like what I imagine would happen if DARPA threw a roomful of security nerds together in the 90's and told them to come up with something to let intelligence analysts process mixed-class data. The software equivalent of a one-way-transfer device.

It makes me long for the day that current pc's end up relegated to the attic of computing.

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