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		praseodym on July 18, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: European Commission fines Google €4.34B in Android... If you rely on the lack of admin rights to prevent unauthorised software from being run you’re doing it wrong. You should be using whitelisting (e.g. AppLocker in Windows) which also prevents “portable” applications (without an installer) from being used.

ocdtrekkie on July 18, 2018 [–]

I don't disagree, but a significant majority of IT environments are "done wrong".

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