I mean seriously, most sites transmits their passwords in plain text - most people use the same credentials everywhere so whats the big fudging deal?
If you can't trust your upstream provider you should be using someone else anyways.
I agree, the average Joe uses their street address, their birthday or their children's names as their password and use it everywhere. You don't have to intercept their password to hack it if you really want to. That being said, because they use the same username/password everywhere, it's probably a good idea to try to convince them not to use something that insecure. Even if they don't care, they probably should.
The key isn't stopping everyone, its stopping your average stupid computer user from doing it. That is all they need to achieve. When even John McCain can figure out how to pirate something, then the copyright holders are really screwed.
The iPhone to Apple is not a truly open platform. This is just an attempt to hide that fact from their users, most of whom will side with Apple anyway. I do not think they want truly innovative apps on their phone, perhaps its a little of "not invented here" syndrome.
I doubt it has any legal standing either, I get emails from a friend's work account all the time with a standard NDA message across the bottom, I don't even think twice about not following it.
For those of us that loathe Apple, this just adds to the pile. I'm sure the loyal crew will find some way to rationalize this and look past it.
I use both Windows and Ubuntu at home and work. The idea that firefox is nearly blackmailing Ubuntu this late in the release cycle with a EULA is enough to make me stop using Firefox altogether. If someone starts maintaining an up to date Iceweasel for Windows, I will start using this. Send Mozilla a message that this is not acceptable.
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I agree, the average Joe uses their street address, their birthday or their children's names as their password and use it everywhere. You don't have to intercept their password to hack it if you really want to. That being said, because they use the same username/password everywhere, it's probably a good idea to try to convince them not to use something that insecure. Even if they don't care, they probably should.
The key isn't stopping everyone, its stopping your average stupid computer user from doing it. That is all they need to achieve. When even John McCain can figure out how to pirate something, then the copyright holders are really screwed.
The iPhone to Apple is not a truly open platform. This is just an attempt to hide that fact from their users, most of whom will side with Apple anyway. I do not think they want truly innovative apps on their phone, perhaps its a little of "not invented here" syndrome.
I doubt it has any legal standing either, I get emails from a friend's work account all the time with a standard NDA message across the bottom, I don't even think twice about not following it.
For those of us that loathe Apple, this just adds to the pile. I'm sure the loyal crew will find some way to rationalize this and look past it.
I use both Windows and Ubuntu at home and work. The idea that firefox is nearly blackmailing Ubuntu this late in the release cycle with a EULA is enough to make me stop using Firefox altogether. If someone starts maintaining an up to date Iceweasel for Windows, I will start using this. Send Mozilla a message that this is not acceptable.