Also keep in mind we are talking about accounts which are interesting for hackers, stewards and such. I hope that people who are volunteering as stewards aren't just "stupid" and would eventually read manual / ask someone who knows how does it work, before changing options in insecure way. (Anyway if it was opt-in it would be either more secure or same insecure as it's now)
On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 4:35 PM, Petr Bena <[email protected]> wrote: > That sounds like as microsoft would interpret how perfect system > should work, and why I don't like windows: > > "We know best what the user wants, so let us configure the system > according to what we think that is best for them, without even giving > them option to change anything on that" > > Seriously, don't make microsoft windows from mediawiki, please. We > could as well make mediawiki do what it "thinks that user wants to do" > rather than "what user really wants" > > On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 4:24 PM, OQ <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 7:38 AM, Petr Bena <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Why is it evil? >> >> Bluntly? >> Users, for the most part, are stupid. Or rather, they make silly >> choices that can make systems more vulnerable without knowing better. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikitech-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
