What we -should- do is focus on things that we can actually benefit from. Instead of mass-murder, why not fix the internet by fixing javascript (ie. dis, fucking, allow, whitelist basis only), fixing flash (bye), fixing CSS (stop reading my history and stop scanning my ports!) and fixing HTML so we don't need to rely on stupid things (flash, silverlight, the thing Google made) to make browsing an enjoyable experience.
I can deliver you a browser that is virtually unexploitable. Firefox running with NoScript,
I'm not saying that nontechnical users create security flaws, I'm saying that they demand features that cause security flaws, and the engineers that know better are not in positions to deny them the features. If a high payed media PHB demands that the website for [NEW HIT MOVIE] be made entirely with flash, a lowly engineer pointing out that flash is insecure is not going to get anywhere.
by Anonymous Coward writes:
on Thursday February 04, 2010 @04:37PM (#31026564)
If a high payed media PHB demands(...)
It's high-PAID, not "high payed".
Jeez, one of the most common and disgusting misspellings out there.
Maybe uppity smart-asses shouldn't publicly comment in a written language. I'm pretty sure there's an artist out there, somewhere, who can spell ten times better than you can.
You are only "pretty sure" that there is "an" artist "somewhere" that can spell better than me? Well hell, I don't doubt it at all! In fact, I would be terribly suprised if I was a better speller than every single artist on the planet. I could even take your uncertainty as a compliment!
You are rather god-awful at this criticizing thing aren't you? You should work on your spelling nazi trolls some more if you want anyone around here to take you seriously...
Gosh that takes me back... or is it forward? That's the trouble with
time travel, you never can tell."
-- Doctor Who, "Androids of Tara"
Should Be Shot (Score:3, Insightful)
Malware and Virus authors should be lined up against a wall and shot. They are cancers and need to be irradiated.
Re: (Score:2)
I mean eradicated...although irradiated would probably work well too.
Re: (Score:3, Insightful)
What we -should- do is focus on things that we can actually benefit from. Instead of mass-murder, why not fix the internet by fixing javascript (ie. dis, fucking, allow, whitelist basis only), fixing flash (bye), fixing CSS (stop reading my history and stop scanning my ports!) and fixing HTML so we don't need to rely on stupid things (flash, silverlight, the thing Google made) to make browsing an enjoyable experience.
I can deliver you a browser that is virtually unexploitable. Firefox running with NoScript,
Re: (Score:3)
The reason this will never happen (and it should) is because we have art students, not engineers, designing our websites, and thus calling the shots.
Some parts of computing should just not be done by non-technical users, designing secure systems is one of them.
Re: (Score:2, Insightful)
If those non-technical users are able to create security holes, than that's the engineer's fault.
Re: (Score:3, Insightful)
I'm not saying that nontechnical users create security flaws, I'm saying that they demand features that cause security flaws, and the engineers that know better are not in positions to deny them the features. If a high payed media PHB demands that the website for [NEW HIT MOVIE] be made entirely with flash, a lowly engineer pointing out that flash is insecure is not going to get anywhere.
Re:Should Be Shot (Score:0)
If a high payed media PHB demands(...)
It's high-PAID, not "high payed".
Jeez, one of the most common and disgusting misspellings out there.
Maybe uppity smart-asses shouldn't publicly comment in a written language. I'm pretty sure there's an artist out there, somewhere, who can spell ten times better than you can.
Pot, meet kettle.
Asshole.
Re: (Score:2)
You are only "pretty sure" that there is "an" artist "somewhere" that can spell better than me? Well hell, I don't doubt it at all! In fact, I would be terribly suprised if I was a better speller than every single artist on the planet. I could even take your uncertainty as a compliment!
You are rather god-awful at this criticizing thing aren't you? You should work on your spelling nazi trolls some more if you want anyone around here to take you seriously...