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Way too long phrase...Way too long phrase...Posted Feb 12, 2009 0:37 UTC (Thu) by stevenj (guest, #421)In reply to: Way too long phrase... by khim Parent article: How to write a Linux virus in 5 easy steps Is your point that UI design plays no role in security, or that nothing can be done to improve the situation? If so, I have to respectfully disagree. If not, I'm not sure what your point is. Clearly, some UIs are more vulnerable than others. (To pick an extreme example, a mail UI that allows merely reading an email to execute untrusted code is problematic.)
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My point? Posted Feb 12, 2009 16:01 UTC (Thu) by khim (guest, #9252) [Link] My point was that user's education helps 100 times more then any UI decisions.
My point? Posted Feb 12, 2009 19:13 UTC (Thu) by stevenj (guest, #421) [Link] Even if this were true (do you have data to back it up?), it wouldn't imply that resistance to deception should not play a significant role in UI design. Clearly, no approach is a panacea, which means that one wants to explore all practical avenues; certainly user education hasn't prevented widespread malware on certain platforms (which has side effects affecting all of us).
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