Interviewed by CNN on 02/03/2013 15:51, question told the world: > My wife has not used her computer this week.. So this explains why > Java works on hers this morning..on pogo > Block list has not been updated more in likely. > Both computers are identical... > But her JAVA is 7u10 > Mine is 7u15 > I told her not to update her Java . > > Reading the bugzilla. We are being Blocked Because FACEBOOK got hacked.. > > Could be FACEBOOK does not have Java Configured Correctly . So Ever > other WEBSITE that uses JAVA has to Suffer Because The Almighty > FACEBOOK's Security is not Enabled correctly . > > Let Facebook take care of itself .
I think you misunderstood the issue. The problem is not that a few computers belonging to Facebook engineers got hacked; the problem is that this event demonstrates that: a) There is a bug in Java b) Which is ALREADY BEING EXPLOITED by hackers. If this exploit only affected Facebook, there would be no reason for worry. But the thing is, it DOES present a risk for EVERY user. Facebook can take care of itself, but most small users CANNOT. It's to protect those small users that the block has been implemented. So, for the moment, it's considered dangerous to have Java running automatically. Even if the latest exploit has been band-aided, the recent pattern of security problems with Java raises serious doubts about its overall security. Simply stated, Java is no longer worth the trust of Internet users -- until such a time as it can regain that trust, Mozilla opted to place it in the "click-to-run" category, which needs an explicit "OK" from the user every time it is invoked by a site. Staying with an older Java release won't help; if anything, it will be worse, since those older releases are bound to be even more emphatically blocked. -- MCBastos This message has been protected with the 2ROT13 algorithm. Unauthorized use will be prosecuted under the DMCA. -=-=- ... Sent from my Mentat. * Added by TagZilla 0.7a1 running on Seamonkey 2.16 * Get it at http://xsidebar.mozdev.org/modifiedmailnews.html#tagzilla _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
