Let me clarify:
we are talking about accounts which are interesting for hackers such
as these of stewards.

I didn't want to compare stewards to hackers :-)

On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 4:40 PM, Petr Bena <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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.
>>>
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