> My parents are getting old and they aren't tech savvy. The missing piece here is that I want my parents to have a computer they can safely do their banking on, without leaving them vulnerable to scams and viruses and the like.
Purists always forget this point :) What is best for 99% of people.
That's what can be achieved by encapsulation/containerization of apps: a la flatpak, snaps, docker or VMs...
I found my parents to install random crappy adware apps from official stores too. What protects their banking application is granular permissions, not root access.
It will be exploited. Key word above - not tech savvy.
The only reason we have convenient banking, gov and streaming apps today is because of guaranteed and enforced mobile security by big boys Apple and Google. (Google being Ad company is another matter, not relevant here).
necovek|6 months ago
I found my parents to install random crappy adware apps from official stores too. What protects their banking application is granular permissions, not root access.
quaintdev|6 months ago
nuker|6 months ago
The only reason we have convenient banking, gov and streaming apps today is because of guaranteed and enforced mobile security by big boys Apple and Google. (Google being Ad company is another matter, not relevant here).