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		threeseed on Feb 8, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Apple proposes new web 3D graphics API Signing was designed for security purposes which is the only reason where certificate revocation has been used to date. There seems to be a lot of FUD here but without any actual hard examples.

stymaar on Feb 8, 2017 [–]

But it prevents doing what you just said above :

> Developers can ask users for their admin password, sudo to root and largely do whatever they want including adding kernel extensions and drivers.

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