Just a guy with an opinion weighing in... I would love to see 
attr_protected removed. The official Rails Guide on 
security<http://guides.rubyonrails.org/security.html#countermeasures> calls 
attr_accessible "A much better way", and I don't think Michael Hartl's 
popular Ruby on Rails Tutorial <http://ruby.railstutorial.org/> even 
mentions attr_protected. I think it gives people a false sense of security, 
especially in a large application where it's easy to forget to update it 
when new fields are added.

- Pete

On Monday, July 9, 2012 9:38:12 PM UTC-4, Prem Sichanugrist wrote:
>
> I personally think we should deprecate attr_protected, and go with 
> whitelisting only (attr_accessible + strong_parameters) route. I think 
> it make more sense from the security standpoint, and all the exploit 
> we have seen. 
>
> Core teams, wdyt? 
>
> - Prem 
>

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