Hi Ryan, Thanks for the string change and listen my opinion about this new feature. It's nice to see the an opinion can be listened by developers and the suggested change can be made. I really appreciate the discussion with you about the topic and the interest.
If bug 1124345 that I filled someday is considered as a good feature I will be glad to make a PR with a fix. Regards, Gio 2015-01-23 1:41 GMT-05:00 an <[email protected]>: > On Wednesday, January 21, 2015 at 5:41:38 AM UTC+2, J. Ryan Stinnett wrote: > > 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 > > Why not implement a password for enabling this "root" button, erasing all > user data is completely ridiculous. Just think about it, if I use the phone > just for development then there is no "sensitive" data to care about, if I > use it as my everyday phone and development how can one imagine that I will > go through backing up all my data (which is not at the flip of a button) > and restoring it every time I change roles. How insane can this be? > _______________________________________________ > dev-b2g mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-b2g > -- 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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