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A door with a broken lock still provides value. An online PDF converter on a website without SSL still provides value. I'm not saying security doesn't matter or
by caymanjim 4y ago
A door with a broken lock still provides value. An online PDF converter on a website without SSL still provides value. I'm not saying security doesn't matter or that it shouldn't be a priority, but things don't need to be perfect to be useful. It makes sense to focus more on functionality than security in many areas. I host a bunch of web apps behind a firewall that aren't secure enough to expose to the public Internet. Even commercial ones.
- paledot 4y agoUnfortunately, that's exactly the problem. If it didn't provide value, no one would use it and its lack of security would be a moot point. The PDF converter is a great example. It's functional, people use it - to transfer potentially highly sensitive documents over an insecure connection. At that point, it provides value in the same way that a Nigerian prince provides banking services.