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elisaado on June 26, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: Microsoft admits to signing rootkit malware in sup...

I think it doesn't stop malware completely, that's impossible, but if you look at the Apple ecosystem you can see that it does help, a lot.

swiley on June 26, 2021 [–]

It barely helps at all (almost all your apps are pulling in telemtry/auth libraries from data brokers regardless of the permissions you give them) and the cost (no more personal computing.) is incredible.

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