Sandboxing and permissions provide a different type of security than application signatures. Sandboxing can limit app capabilities, but it doesn't change the fact that you can accidentally grant a malicious application permissions.
replyApplication signatures and developer identification bring a different kind of application security. It provides the security of societal legal systems and legal ramifications for malicious actors.
In the end, you still have the choice to trust the "system" or your own judgment.
> but it doesn't change the fact that you can accidentally grant a malicious application permissions
replyDo you also support the nanny states that decide how you should be parenting your children? (The age verification etc.)
You have a consistent habit of posing complex questions in your rhetoric. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complex_question
replyPlease don't do that here. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
This is not really a complex question as much as it is an analogy demonstrating that allowing third parties to dictate how you live leads to a huge loss of your freedom with bad consequences on your independence and control. But you are right: I could say this in my above comment.
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