Horn: Mitigations are attack surface, too
Horn: Mitigations are attack surface, too
Posted Feb 13, 2020 1:23 UTC (Thu) by pizza (subscriber, #46)In reply to: Horn: Mitigations are attack surface, too by Deleted user 129183
Parent article: Horn: Mitigations are attack surface, too
Allowing "fragmentation" (aka "proprietary value add") is the primary reason Android succeeded.
As for upstream contribution, remember this is the same Google that replaced every GPL userspace with a more permissively licensed one. Meanwhile, they're working on doing that for the Linux kernel too.
Meanwhile, when Google attempts to attach conditions to the use of its trademarks have them up on antitrust charges in multiple jurisdictions.
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