This and other developments around computer security and usability &quot;for the everyman&quot; worry me for two reasons.<p>First, they&#x27;re taking away the &quot;hard edges&quot; from the system and helping create a generation of computer users who don&#x27;t know how to tinker, how the inner bits work, or how to take responsibility for their own actions. If they download a virus, that&#x27;s somehow Apple&#x27;s fault for not developing a secure enough system. If they use an emoticon in their only root account password with FileVault enabled, it&#x27;s Apple&#x27;s fault that they are now locked out of their machine.<p>Second, and more worryingly, this works towards the &quot;appification&quot; of computers. The user&#x27;s freedom to run whatever software they want on the desktop is a powerful check against the walled garden &quot;app store&quot; model where a central group (i.e. Apple) is responsible for determining what you&#x27;re allowed to do. That&#x27;s bad for innovation and freedom.<p>The famous Apple 1984 ad feels more ironic every year.