Hi Ryan, Thanks for all the answers. I filled a bug in Firefox OS :: Developer Tools because I think that a button to revert this without need of WebIDE. If is activated in the phone, the user should be able to deactivate it in the phone.
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1124345 Maybe in the future data should not be deleted (could be annoying for people that does dogfooding and want's to try that level of access that grants "root" feature), maybe we could think on block the access to data files while the "root" feature is enabled, and when it is disabled that data will be accessible again. People will understand that we care about the security and who has access to his data with this behaviour. For the text in the button I like the idea of discuss it. I think, a different word for "root" could avoid future confusions and get more clear understanding about what this feature does. I am thinking in: "Reset and enable certified debugging" "Reset and allow hack mode" "Reset and enable certified access" Are just suggestion and maybe are not the best. Gio 2015-01-20 22:41 GMT-05:00 J. Ryan Stinnett <[email protected]>: > On Tue, Jan 20, 2015 at 9:14 PM, Giovanny Andres Gongora Granada > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Ryan, > > > > Is an interesting feature and for sure it will be useful for many people > > (include me and I think in speakers with demos). But I need to ask > > somethings that I can't understand at all. It says on the page that > > activating this feature will erase my data information. > > > > Quote: > >> > >> For security reasons, enabling this mode is going to wipe device data. > > > > I mean, that is a bad point for a useful feature. What is the security > > reason to erase my data after enable this? > > By enabling full DevTools access (via this button), all private data > of any app can potentially be accessed via DevTools. > > So, to protect the majority of users from an attacker going into the > settings and flipping a switch, we currently require a data wipe so > that it is clear the user chose to have this mode enabled from the > beginning. > > Of course, I completely understand that this is not very convenient. I > am hoping we can find better ways in the future to make the devices > more hackable without this kind of inconvenience. This at least makes > it *possible* for many users who previously had no option at all to > reach the full / unrestricted DevTools mode before (since they all > required a hardware root before). > > > Other question is, there is a > > possibility to "unroot" my device after I rooted it? A way to get my > device > > unrooted? Other button maybe to do it, or the same button to revert the > > changes? > > At the moment, there is no button. However, once you've rooted in this > way, you can access the devices prefs in WebIDE, and set the phone > back to limited mode. File a bug in Firefox OS :: Developer Tools if a > revert button seems useful. > > > The root could be a word confusing for people at first. The moment when I > > saw that button I though "Yes, I will root and update my device". Root my > > device (# access in the shell). > > I agree it could be confusing, as "root" has another meaning already. > For Firefox OS, this is a lot like a shell root, in that the DevTools > can do many powerful things in this mode. > > If you can think of a better phrasing that also fits in the small > width available, I would be happy to change it. > > - Ryan > -- Mozilla Hispano: http://mozilla-hispano.org Mentor en mozilla-hispano.org: Gioyik <https://www.mozilla-hispano.org/documentacion/Usuario:Gioyik> Mozilla Colombia: Miembro en MozillaColombia <http://mozillacolombia.org/our-contributors/> twitter: Gioyik <https://twitter.com/Gioyik> Blog: gioyik.wordpress.com irc: gioyik
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