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The fact that they are capable of that is an OS flaw. Signing and all the rest is repairing a leaky dam with chewing gum.

Our OSes all date back to a time when security simply was not such a concern. All binaries almost have root. A modern OS would be least-privilege all the way.

Btw web browsers show that it is possible to run untrusted code locally in a sandbox and do so fairly safely.




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