@pcaversaccio

This morning I've been reviewing our last months' SEAL 911 tickets. Guys, it's clear that soon (probably sooner than you think) a large portion of our ecosystem will be running on compromised devices. I mean, man, infostealers are probably the _biggest_ ecosystem problem right now. However, and that's what I want to address here, is that OS design choices like weak data compartmentalisation & permissive default trust models are the _major enablers_, especially on macOS and Windows. Please remember: these OSes weren't built with the strict sandboxing, strong application isolation, or zero-trust principles needed to defend against these today's threats! I understand that shifting most of the space to something like QubesOS isn't realistic, but we must start prioritising security-first OS choices in our ecosystem, not just UX. Honestly, fancy features won't stop your device from being compromised.

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