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[–] HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml 14 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

it was called CROSS PLATFORM APPS

Absolutely not unless it's as sandboxed as the web (which even the web isn't sandboxed that well).

Working with software has only made me not trust software (that's not open source.)

Why we're giving any random software full user level access in 2026 is beyond me.

[–] Natanox@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 2 months ago

Your word in the Linux communities' hardliners ears. The consistent rejection of isolation concepts seen in Flatpak or Snap by some people go completely beyond me.

[–] MoonRaven@feddit.nl 7 points 2 months ago

We can't afford the ram to run it anyway.

[–] CameronDev@programming.dev 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Telnet IS TCP. "Telnet wrapped in a thin layer of XOR" might fit better?

[–] Ephera@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I'm guessing that was supposed to be "secured by a thin layer of TLS"...

[–] I_am_10_squirrels@beehaw.org 7 points 2 months ago

Telnet Layer Security

[–] CameronDev@programming.dev 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Thats what I thought as well, but TLS as a term felt a bit too technical for the meme format, which is why I suggested XOR.

[–] Ephera@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago

Ah, I think, I know what you mean, that the format is supposed to be written with foolish oversimplifications that are borderline incorrect, whereas "secured by TLS" just sounds like a normal statement from an expert...

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