On Jun 4, 2008, at 8:09 PM, Ted Roche wrote:
> I run Flash when the source
> is more trustworthy. I disable it for untrusted pages and nearly
> always for ad networks.
Ah, that's very different than refusing to use it. So you would
install the Silverlight plugin, and then only use it with similarly
trustworthy sites?
> Well, that would pretty much elminiate computing from my life,
> wouldn't it? No reductio ad absurdum here.
Well, that was my point. Everything is a balancing act.
> All products have flaws,
> and security is a risk management process, not a black-and-white
> feature. I minimize my use and exercise caution in using products
> that may be more harmful than the typical ones: no Vista, minimal
> Windows, NoScript plugin in FireFox, etc.
>
> You wouldn't consider running an .exe in Windows sent to you by a
> stranger. Why should it be any different because it claims to be a
> media file?
Remember that the browser was supposed to be different than a regular
exe? IOW, anything running it in could mess up the browser, but not
the OS it was running in. I wouldn't run a Windows exe, nor would I
use a Windows browser, because it is Windows that is fundamentally
flawed.
-- Ed Leafe
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