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Part of me is thrilled by anything that makes validation easier. Part of me is frightened by the expansion of the attack surface of the browser, particularly gi
by oldmanjay 10y ago
Part of me is thrilled by anything that makes validation easier. Part of me is frightened by the expansion of the attack surface of the browser, particularly given how Apple has been losing their quality edge of late.
- alblue 10y agoThe blog post notes that the Safari that is driven by the automation cannot interact with other windows or user preferences. It also requires that the user has had the "enable remote automation" enablex, which is only possible if you have enabled the developer menu bar. In addition, automation windows are shown with a different coloured bar and have a "pane" over the window so that it won't receive stray mouse or keyboard input.
- eridius 10y ago> particularly given how Apple has been losing their quality edge of late I know this is a subjective opinion and I'm not going to touch upon whether I think it's true or not, but I want to know why you even said this bit? The common claims about Apple's quality slipping don't have anything to do with security. If anything, Apple's security is getting better and better over time.
- oldmanjay 10y agoIt is very noticeable that their software quality is dropping. It is parsimonious to assume this will impact complicated API surfaces negatively.