Our relationship with security
Security is a compromise between power and protection. The operating system you use should empower you to do things that your ancestors could only dream of while at the same time protecting your privacy and consent. If the operating system tries to protect you by reducing your power then the risk is that you will remove protections to allow yourself more power. The danger is that you cannot provide informed consent if you are not informed of the risk, you can never be fully informed of even most risks without devoting a significant amount of time to the study of security and so the operating system must try and sell you the power while subtly enforcing its protection.
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