Interviewed by CNN on 15/03/2013 17:49, Rufus told the world: > These days I would think that any household that has multiple users on > one machine might run multiple profiles.
Actually, if you have multiple users it usually makes more sense to have separate profiles at the OS level, not the application level. Profile managing was a necessity back in the dark days of Windows 9x, which had limited profile managing features. Nowadays, it's a niche feature. > And certainly from a security standpoint one might want to run one > fairly "open" Profile and one that is more lock-down secure when roaming > - like using public wifi with a laptop; sans using Password Manager > (which scares me more the more I learn about how it actually works). > I've been doing this for decades, and it's been one of the reasons I've > been a champion of SM for business users and travelers in addition to > using whole disk encryption - creation and use of situationally suitable > Profiles. OK, that's a valid use-case for profiles. Maybe. I'm not sure how much more secure you get by using separate profiles. The main increased risks you have when you are roaming are someone stealing your laptop (for which the separate profile won't be much help) or Wi-fi packet sniffing / spoofing (for which a much more effective option would be to use a VPN tunnel to a trusted proxy). -- MCBastos This message has been protected with the 2ROT13 algorithm. Unauthorized use will be prosecuted under the DMCA. -=-=- ... Sent from my Illudium Q-36 Explosive Space Modulator. * Added by TagZilla 0.7a1 running on Seamonkey 2.16.2 * Get it at http://xsidebar.mozdev.org/modifiedmailnews.html#tagzilla _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
