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I think a time-lock feature to enable “I know what I’m doing mode” for a year, after a 48h delay would be ok.

Or something like that



I like Chrome OS's approach where you essentially choose your security level at initial setup, and need to wipe your machine if you wish to change it.


But what if a scammer walks grandma through backing everything up, unlocking the machine, installing a rootkit, and then restoring from backup? /s

(Joke is on you. You thought you'd be given access to app data to back it up? That's against the security model.)


No, that would still suck.




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