This is not a "security risk". You are asked if you allow gears for that site. Nothing is hidden. It is like I make a site with a link asking: "Do you want to download and run my_virus.exe?" If you say yes, you got my virus. There are many "security risks" if the user just accepts all the warnings that he got, Gears brings nothing new.
On Apr 15, 8:13 pm, meanderingthemaze <[email protected]> wrote: > I have been googling about potential security risks associated with > the end-users' use of Gears. Strangely, Google seems to not be making > any public comments on this subject. If I'm wrong, please direct me to > where they discuss it. > > As they are trying to court developers by "opening up" the code, they > are also allowing others to possibly exploit this brand new idea that > people don't know much about. I can't imagine that Google has not > considered this, but is it not a little irresponsible to not address > these things if they are allowing others to exploit this technology. > Afterall, many people will most likely believe things are safer > because it says Google. > > I did find some articles by others pointing out security issues. > > For my personal use, I will have the common sense to not just allow > any site to use gears (in fact, I am only using gears with GApps.) But > I'm sure many less careful people will be jumping on the Gears ship > because it sounds cool, or it might just be a curiosity. > > Does anyone have nay more info on this topic?
