Re: Opt-in activation for plugins (aka click to play)

2012-03-06 Thread Lucas Adamski
Hi all, Thank you for the thoughtful feedback! How about this for a strawman: - plugin behavior is driven by the blocklist for agility - softblock is typical "click-thru" to play - hardblock requires some significant interaction (context menu or safebrowsing type inline warning) - user can ove

Re: B2G Threats/Controls

2012-03-06 Thread Adam Barth
I won't be able to make the call, but I've left one comment inline: On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 10:15 PM, ptheriault wrote: > Chris, > > Below is a summary of threats and controls for further discussion. > Disclaimer: this is my understanding from various conversations, wiki pages, > bugs and IRC ch

B2G Threats/Controls

2012-03-06 Thread ptheriault
Chris, Below is a summary of threats and controls for further discussion. Disclaimer: this is my understanding from various conversations, wiki pages, bugs and IRC chats, so it's rough, probably varies from whats implemented (or what the final goals are), but its a starting point. Ultimately th

Re: [b2g] Permissions model thoughts

2012-03-06 Thread Adrienne Porter Felt
Thanks for the pointer, Fabrice. I've been studying Chrome extension & Android app permissions; some of those results are relevant to this discussion. Links to the full papers are below. Here are some of the main lessons and recommendations from those studies: -- Permissions significantly limi

Re: [b2g] Permissions model thoughts

2012-03-06 Thread Fabrice Desré
On 03/06/2012 05:11 AM, Ben Francis wrote: On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 11:16 PM, Adam Barthwrote: There's been a bunch of research on the Android permission model in academia, including a bunch of suggestions for how to do better. If you'd like, I'd be happy to connect you with the folks who've stu

Re: [b2g] Permissions model thoughts

2012-03-06 Thread Ben Francis
On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 11:16 PM, Adam Barth wrote: > There's been a bunch of research on the Android permission model in > academia, including a bunch of suggestions for how to do better. If > you'd like, I'd be happy to connect you with the folks who've studied > this topic (off-list). > I'd be