slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
The security story that is sold to users is cover; a way to make the deeply rotten design choice to give away the farm to Zuck et. al. seem like it is being done on the user's behalf. But it was never true.
The only thing that *really* protects users is the runtime (the OS container or the browser engine):
https://infrequently.org/2026/01/naked-power/#the-security-argument