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. >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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
