On 4 September 2012 13:06, Chad innocentkiller@gmail.com wrote:
On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 8:02 AM, David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com wrote:
The essential problem is that people can't get stuff through the gatekeepers, so they come up with a workaround. Noting that the workaround is insecure and saying "just don't do that" doesn't solve the original need and won't help security. It's not clear to me what will, but the gatekeeping is an obvious start.
The problem with creating a new system that has no gatekeepers is that it encourages people who have no business writing code to end up doing so.
Yeah, I didn't say the results were *good*. Just that saying "don't do that" won't stop it at all. The urge will be there as long as there are gatekeepers, but the harm does need to be minimised.
Lowering bars, making it easy to jump into the shallow end, giving people feedback so they can improve--these are all good things we can and should do.
This has long been said, of course.
- d.