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This article is really misleading. You have to explicitly turn on the feature to upload files, and the product warns you explicitly of the implications when yo

This article is really misleading. You have to explicitly turn on the feature to upload files, and the product warns you explicitly of the implications when you try to enable it.

jdc0589 9y ago
I was getting progressively more and more annoyed that they weren't addressing this as I read the article. The setting in question is the "Analyze Unknown Binaries" options, right? Which I believe are disabled by default in the default group settings. They should probably have a big ass warning on there, but last time I set up CB Response it was glaringly obvious that you shouldn't enable it.
- stedaniels 9y ago
  You've got to admit, it's an odd feature to have. No company would ever want this feature on. It goes against pretty much every data protection law going. Yet they have it, and it's a click or two away with some mild small print? Sheesh. It's like selling a walking boot with a shotgun attached pointing at the toes with a label on the trigger saying "do not pull".
  - rattle1337 9y ago
    It's not mild small print. It's a huge popup with explicit details. I've seen it. You've got to be an idiot to not understand what you're doing. Some folks use it in lab environments where the information present is very controlled. This article is a straight up hit piece.
    - Avernar 9y ago
      Software that is designed to prevent malware from uploading sensitive information to the internet has an option to upload sensitive information to the internet. What idiot thought that was a good feature to add regardless of the warnings? It makes the software do the complete opposite of what it's supposed to do. If someone needed that then it should have been a special version of the software, not sometthing that's a single option to enable. Way to easy for it to get turned on by accident. Even smart people sometimes make mistakes, not to mention interns, managment that likes to pretend they're techies, botched upgrades, etc.

This article is really misleading. You have to explicitly turn on the feature to upload files, and the product warns you explicitly of the implications when you try to enable it.

jdc0589 9y ago

I was getting progressively more and more annoyed that they weren't addressing this as I read the article. The setting in question is the "Analyze Unknown Binaries" options, right? Which I believe are disabled by default in the default group settings. They should probably have a big ass warning on there, but last time I set up CB Response it was glaringly obvious that you shouldn't enable it.

stedaniels 9y ago
You've got to admit, it's an odd feature to have. No company would ever want this feature on. It goes against pretty much every data protection law going. Yet they have it, and it's a click or two away with some mild small print? Sheesh. It's like selling a walking boot with a shotgun attached pointing at the toes with a label on the trigger saying "do not pull".
- rattle1337 9y ago
  It's not mild small print. It's a huge popup with explicit details. I've seen it. You've got to be an idiot to not understand what you're doing. Some folks use it in lab environments where the information present is very controlled. This article is a straight up hit piece.
  - Avernar 9y ago
    Software that is designed to prevent malware from uploading sensitive information to the internet has an option to upload sensitive information to the internet. What idiot thought that was a good feature to add regardless of the warnings? It makes the software do the complete opposite of what it's supposed to do. If someone needed that then it should have been a special version of the software, not sometthing that's a single option to enable. Way to easy for it to get turned on by accident. Even smart people sometimes make mistakes, not to mention interns, managment that likes to pretend they're techies, botched upgrades, etc.