Re: [Trisquel-users] Wa can change, but not in one day

[onpon4]

Protecting users from accidentally doing things they don't want to do isn't a  
digital restriction, and it isn't even remotely similar to denying source  
code. Lots of libre programs have this kind of feature. Some examples:

* Trisquel's package manager warns you if you try to install a package that  
isn't signed by a trusted party (as you can see in a recent thread), to  
protect you from man-in-the-middle attacks.

* GNOME recently decided to not include an option in the graphical  
preferences window of Epiphany, to prevent confusion.

* GNOME's user accounts manager doesn't give you an obvious way to create an  
account without a password.

* The Tor Browser Bundle warns you very strongly against opening files after  
downloading them through Tor, to protect your identity from being revealed by  
external requests in things like PDFs.

* The Tor Browser Bundle and IceCat clear your clipboard any time you load a  
new page, to prevent malicious JavaScript code from reading sensitive  
information off of it.

* Any place you type a password, it isn't displayed. Either you see dots  
instead, or you see nothing at all.