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accleon Is it possible to allow sideloading and keep users safe?

If you install custom firmware, you can control the SELinux policy that is configured and enforced by that firmware.

accleon Is it possible to allow sideloading and keep users safe?

I believe this is already the case. You can purchase phones that may be bootloader unlocked, allowing custom firmware to be installed. This enables a tech-savvy user to sideload anything they like.

accleon Is it possible to allow sideloading and keep users safe?

That's not an argument.

Please explain how owning an item of hardware implies that running whatever computer program you want on it is a basic human right.

accleon Is it possible to allow sideloading and keep users safe?

> > Are you allowed to run whatever computer program you want on the hardware you own?

> Yes. It is a basic human right.

Says who?

What's your philosophical argument in favour of this?