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Re: To Jonathan [backdoor]
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Anton Tagunov |
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Re: To Jonathan [backdoor] |
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Wed, 10 Jan 2007 00:56:56 +0300 |
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Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 (Windows/20061207) |
Hi,
http://www.boxesandarrows.com/view/interview-with-barry
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6127548813950043200
---- quote from Barry Schwartz ----
[if] instead of two options, people have 20 or 200 choice
goes from beneficial to paralyzing
[in US] when you enter drivers’ license if you’d like to be an organ
donor you check a box. 90% of people approve of organ
donation but 20% are organ donors
[in Europe] organ donation is 90%. the only difference is you
check a box if you don’t want to be an organ donor
---- end of quote ----
What do we conclude? People go with defaults. 80-90% of them do.
J> You, as a user, are free to say
J> "I don't want to run anything that I cannot (transitively) inspect".
J> I, as a developer am free to say
J> "I do not choose to let you inspect my programs,
J> but you are free not to run them at all."
A> Flip the coin. If everybody runs a "free" OS Hollywood shall surrender.
J> Perhaps and perhaps not. But this is a valid choice that society is free
J> to make.
My opinion: most individuals shall not make choice.
Society is to choose *safe defaults* for them.
Isn't it our responsibility as developers to suggest *safe defaults*
and seduce society into using them?
A> scenario: totally opaque OS + TPM + data encryption
A> turns out to be buggy ... won't give back the data
J> The situation could happen. There really are some kinds of data where
J> the risk of disclosure outweighs the risk of loss.
Right. And there are contrary situations. Hence user needs a choice.
But the *default choice* is of crucial importance as Barry says.
What default would benefit human race better?
A> Jonathan if you could build an utmostly secure OS
A> yet having an inspection "backdoor" what would you do?
J> Without any hesitation whatsoever I would leave out the back door.
J> The problem with a back door is that it will not be used for emergency
J> purposes. It will be used primarily by everyday administrators and
J> companies for improper purposes.
Very good point. Let me think for a while.
I want to imagine a back door that shall be not be abused.
Can we design one? Please let us not be fast to judge.
Anton
P.S. Gentlemen, you're grand.
It's a treat of mind both to listen to you and to talk.
Open communities are often the nicest places on the net!