On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 6:39 AM, David Greaves <[email protected]> wrote:
> The barrier to entry in the community is very low. A criminal > (individual or organisation) who have identified Meego as worth > targetting because they've heard the announcements about using the phone > for 'money transactions' may already be amongst us and contributing good > code. I think an important point to consider here is more than just 'criminals', it's "legitimate" people who might want access to data you don't want to share to them. A friend who runs a couple of Android devices has mentioned how when he downloads open source software he often sees things like 'this app has requested access to the network, and to your contact list', and he can choose whether to run it or not. A properly sandboxed security model will help to both protect against 'hackers' who are trying to steal your bank account, and also help to identify apps that might want to 'phone home', or find your location for targeted advertising, etc. You might still choose to run the apps in the later category - but it will be an educated choice... I would hope that there are plans in MeeGo to provide a similarly fine-grained security model to what is in android... I think I saw similar discussions previously. Warren -- Warren Baird - Photographer and Digital Artist http://www.synergisticimages.ca _______________________________________________ MeeGo-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.meego.com/listinfo/meego-dev
