On Fri, Apr 17, 2015 at 4:25 PM, Ron Garret <r...@flownet.com> wrote:
> Why should anyone trust anyone’s web page? When was the last time you > obtained a software application that was *not* delivered via the web? > There's a big difference between a web page with JavaScript loaded in a browser and a static artifact delivered over the HTTP protocol. Static artifacts downloaded over HTTP by tools like apt-get or yum for example can carry cryptographic signatures that are checked before the artifact is used. In fact this same thing applies to browser extensions like Minilock or Peerio. This means there's a transparent history of these artifacts, and you can verify you got the same version as everyone else. The same thing applies to every Smartphone app. Short of a line-by-line source code audit each time you load a web page, this isn't possible with the web today. No. SC4 was designed to support a wide variety of risk postures. If you > don’t trust my server, you can run SC4 from a standalone file on your own > file system > How is this materially any different than "installing an app"? Especially a Chrome App like Peerio. That's effectively what Chrome lets you do, except such apps carry cryptographic signatures from their publishers, so you have end-to-end security. -- Tony Arcieri
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