On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 1:28 AM, Gerard Krol <gerard at gerardkrol.nl> wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 2:48 AM, Ian Clarke <ian at sensearray.com> wrote: > > > > I must agree with Matthew on this. Asking for a password is defending > > against someone gaining unauthorized access to their computer, but that > is a > > bit like closing the gate after the cows have escaped. If someone has > > access to your computer then you are pretty-much an open book to them > > anyway. All demanding a password does is inconvenience the user, it > won't > > thwart an attacker. > > This *is* a question of usability right? Users are used to entering a > password when logging in. With websites, perhaps, but not with their own software. > Writing usable software is often doing what the user expects instead > of what actually makes sense to us technical people. This is true, to some extent, but I don't think it should extend so far as creating completely unnecessary inconveniences, like demanding a password for no added security benefit. Ian. -- Ian Clarke CEO, SenseArray Email: ian at sensearray.com Ph: +1 512 422 3588 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://emu.freenetproject.org/pipermail/devl/attachments/20101112/a355fe5c/attachment.html>
