> The xz-utils hack didn't care about the window system at all
It's an example, demonstrating that the mentality of "I don't use bad software" doesn't really work.
> giving up their computing freedom for "security" might as well have been the goal of the operation
How could you possibly reasonably argue that you're losing "computing freedom" because now you have the power to deny or allow applications from doing things? You're literally gaining freedom - that's not something you were able to do before. Now, you have the freedom to deny applications accessing something you don't think they need.
It's an example, demonstrating that the mentality of "I don't use bad software" doesn't really work.
> giving up their computing freedom for "security" might as well have been the goal of the operation
How could you possibly reasonably argue that you're losing "computing freedom" because now you have the power to deny or allow applications from doing things? You're literally gaining freedom - that's not something you were able to do before. Now, you have the freedom to deny applications accessing something you don't think they need.