Actually, I like this idea. But it has some of the same possible problems as cookie authorizations. Some sites (for whatever reason) just have too many to click through. So people might develop a habit of clicking no or yes automatically without investigating further.
Most pages hopefully wouldn't have as many references to data on other servers as they do cookies. Some sites, especially on low-space free web page servers, use other sites to store images, but if all the images are on the same server, that's not a problem. Except that then a malicious request could be hidden in there and approved, because its going to server X from server Y....
I guess, like many things, we'd just have to try it and see how it turned out.
-RickHunter --"We are gray. We stand between the candle and the star." --Gray council, Babylon 5.
Speaking as a Canadian, I'm glad to say that our government at least seems to be fairly clued-in privacy-wise. From what I've seen, its unusual for them to be clued in about everything, so this is quite encouraging.
On the other hand, this could just be because (again, from what I've seen) Canada isn't exactly on the bleeding edge of technology. This does seem to have its ups and downs, especially if our government does clue in before this becomes a problem up here
On the downside, the Canadian government does seem to have a history of rolling over for the Americans. If they set up bills that let the NSA or FBI or whoever have free reign over their computer systems, or limit crypto, you can bet they'll be pushing for their neighbours up north to do the same. After all, we're right next door, and we've gotten a bunch of "benefits" (like the Free Trade Agreement) from the States...
Please note: This is probably a very biased point of view. I'm not certant how accurate or recent my information is, as I don't exactly have time to keep up with Canadian-Government-related news. There are more important things right now. Like studying.
-RickHunter --"We are gray. We stand between the candle and the star." --Gray council, Babylon 5.
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I know this quote has been used a lot, and apologies in advance for not being able to remember who said it:
"Those who are willing to give up freedom for security deserve neither."
Warning: Quote most likely mangled.
-RickHunter
--"We are gray. We stand between the candle and the star."
--Gray council, Babylon 5.
Actually, I like this idea. But it has some of the same possible problems as cookie authorizations. Some sites (for whatever reason) just have too many to click through. So people might develop a habit of clicking no or yes automatically without investigating further.
Most pages hopefully wouldn't have as many references to data on other servers as they do cookies. Some sites, especially on low-space free web page servers, use other sites to store images, but if all the images are on the same server, that's not a problem. Except that then a malicious request could be hidden in there and approved, because its going to server X from server Y....
I guess, like many things, we'd just have to try it and see how it turned out.
-RickHunter
--"We are gray. We stand between the candle and the star."
--Gray council, Babylon 5.
Speaking as a Canadian, I'm glad to say that our government at least seems to be fairly clued-in privacy-wise. From what I've seen, its unusual for them to be clued in about everything, so this is quite encouraging.
On the other hand, this could just be because (again, from what I've seen) Canada isn't exactly on the bleeding edge of technology. This does seem to have its ups and downs, especially if our government does clue in before this becomes a problem up here
On the downside, the Canadian government does seem to have a history of rolling over for the Americans. If they set up bills that let the NSA or FBI or whoever have free reign over their computer systems, or limit crypto, you can bet they'll be pushing for their neighbours up north to do the same. After all, we're right next door, and we've gotten a bunch of "benefits" (like the Free Trade Agreement) from the States...
Please note: This is probably a very biased point of view. I'm not certant how accurate or recent my information is, as I don't exactly have time to keep up with Canadian-Government-related news. There are more important things right now. Like studying.
-RickHunter
--"We are gray. We stand between the candle and the star."
--Gray council, Babylon 5.