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The "airtight hatchway" argument is that it's not a security bug in the program. I don't think TFA makes the case that it is a security bug, so it's moot. Pers
by dundarious 3y ago
The "airtight hatchway" argument is that it's not a security bug in the program. I don't think TFA makes the case that it is a security bug, so it's moot.
Personally I'm not particularly moved by the lolbin and footgun case it does make. I am just mildly put off by how text editors and IDEs are inextricably bundled with so many double-edged remote capabilities.
- shadowgovt 3y agoThey are nowadays competing with cloud services for users. Increasingly, being able to manipulate data on a machine other than the one I'm currently physically sitting at is table stakes features.
- _cenw 3y agoThis. I'd be more worried some worker opens up a piece of internal infrastructure deliberately to make their work life easier instead of an attacker taking advantage of the binary being trusted.