Hello,
I recently had a chat on Twitter about whether there are a SSH shell and
terminal on Firefox OS (afaik, there aren't). I asked wherefore one would need
those and it turns out, that the questioner thinked about using those to log
into his companies' server (he's a sys admin).
At least since the Snowden leaks we know, that SysAdmins are likely a target.
So I tried to convince him not to tell too much (Social Engineering) and think
again about it.
>From what I can tell, a smartphone should not be considered as trustfully as,
say, a laptop, since a laptop can be built upon open components [0], whereby a
smartphone cannot [1].
Someone from Mozilla replied to me, that he isn't involved in tasks, that would
require that grade of paranoia.
But that's not my point.
My point is taking care of each other to safeguard each other.
That can be proofreading ("peer reviewing") other ones code before using a lib
or asking about the rationales behind decisions or talk about designs of
decisions/craftship of APIs (like in [2]).
Mozilla is known for it's call to privacy. Let's build upon that.
I'd like to hear your opinions on that. Please be kind and bear in mind, that
everything you write may be archived and used against us.
Best regards,
André Jaenisch
[0] https://www.crowdsupply.com/kosagi/novena-open-laptop
[1] https://groups.google.com/d/msg/mozilla.dev.gaia/T4dzISBeDSI/GOQf-n-1ByUJ
[2] https://groups.google.com/d/msg/mozilla.dev.b2g/e3T92wNy-PM/-rK-vGihBcEJ
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