Jaqui Greenlees writes:

> any extention to a browser should by default be marked as insecure.
> or the developers of the browser could be held liable for damages for 
> not marking it as such.
> ( flash included )

I agree.  And they should also be held responsible for any mistakes they
make that breach security.  This includes buffer overflows, for which
there is no excuse.

> if this attitude is adopted, then it makes end user accept
> responsability for breaking security.

Yes, but most software tends to drift away from this ideal, and Firefox
no doubt will do that, too.  People want bells and whistles, not
security.

-- 
Anthony


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