> Users don't know enough about computers to distrust malicious software.
Then the solution is to educate them, not mollycoddle them and keep them locked up. But knowledge is power, and educated users are difficult to control and deceive, so the "developers", the ones who want to remain in control, don't want that happening.
> We put barriers between people and phishing sites, so they can't be tricked into giving their money away.
The same people who would then fall for a different scam, before even more barriers are erected, and would think "security software X doesn't think this is a phishing site, so it must be safe."
> We put barriers between children and in-app purchases, because they don't understand the consequences.
A "think of the children" argument? I agree a lot of young ones haven't developed to that point yet, but if you make it so they never experience any bad consequences, they'll never learn from them too.
> If you, an Administrator, were standing right there beside them, you'd grab the mouse from their hand and stop them, for their own good.
No, I'd just tell them "you're very likely not going to like the outcome, but the ultimate choice is yours."
"We do not truly have freedom if we do not have the freedom to make the wrong choices."
Then the solution is to educate them, not mollycoddle them and keep them locked up. But knowledge is power, and educated users are difficult to control and deceive, so the "developers", the ones who want to remain in control, don't want that happening.
> We put barriers between people and phishing sites, so they can't be tricked into giving their money away.
The same people who would then fall for a different scam, before even more barriers are erected, and would think "security software X doesn't think this is a phishing site, so it must be safe."
> We put barriers between children and in-app purchases, because they don't understand the consequences.
A "think of the children" argument? I agree a lot of young ones haven't developed to that point yet, but if you make it so they never experience any bad consequences, they'll never learn from them too.
> If you, an Administrator, were standing right there beside them, you'd grab the mouse from their hand and stop them, for their own good.
No, I'd just tell them "you're very likely not going to like the outcome, but the ultimate choice is yours."
"We do not truly have freedom if we do not have the freedom to make the wrong choices."