[Bf-committers] "Security" gets in the way

[Thomas Dinges]

Again a discussion that turned into a real mess.

I don't see the point really. The best security is still your brain and 
not a button which says "make my computer secure" or whatever.
You are downloading lots of different file types every day. Just don't 
load files from sources you don't trust. It's as simple as that.

It's a general problem in the computer world. The danger is here, 
everywhere. Even the OS itself can kill all your data and do crazy 
things. There is no 100% security. Make backups on CDs, DVDs, this is 
the way.
The user should start to think and become aware of computers advantages 
and disatvantages, including security issues. There is no "make my 
Computer and data secure" button, neither in the OS nor an application. 
And there won't be any!

Thomas


Am 29.04.2010 02:41, schrieb Ruslan Merkulov:
> joe, I believe, it's possible write a blender python script that will
> read your private data and send it to author's email and do all sorts
> of other evil stuff. And if you have "Auto-run scripts" turned, all it
> takes is a download a blend file, run it and that's it.
>
> On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 4:21 AM, joe<joeedh at gmail.com>  wrote:
>    
>> Why do we need these "security" features anyway? It's not like there
>> aren't tons of exploits that could be taken advantage off anyway.
>> Blender is a producton 3d app, not a web browser.
>>
>> Joe
>>