sajol...@pimienta.org wrote (29 Oct 2013 17:19:40 GMT) : > On 23/10/13 18:56, intrigeri wrote: >> sajol...@pimienta.org wrote (23 Oct 2013 11:49:26 GMT) : >>> d. I changed the checkbox into radio buttons. The implications of this >>> option is quite different if bridges or obfuscated bridges are used: >>> then the user might be actively trying to AvoidSuspicion and >>> AvoidIdTails and spoofing MAC might becomes dangerous if used at home, >>> or at work for example. So we could remove the default setting and force >>> the user to make a decision when using bridges. What do you think? >> >> When they're using bridges to workaround censorship (likely the most >> common usecase, compared to avoiding suspicion, I guess), then I don't >> think we should force users to *not* spoof their MAC address; I'm not >> even sure it would be reasonable to change the default setting value >> to "don't spoof MAC". So perhaps it's a bit more complicated. I trust >> we'll find a solution, though!
> Just to clarify. In my proposal there would be *no default value* when > bridges are used. So the user would have to choose explicitly between > spoof and not spoof every time. And the explanation to help her make the > right decision would still be: > It is generally safer to spoof MAC addresses, but it might also > raise suspicion or cause network connection problems. > See the documentation. OK, I see what you mean. I'm unsure, but I don't disagree. IMHO this is not a blocker, and it certainly can wait for a later iteration of this feature, though. A difficulty will be to translate this state-machine in some sane way in a GUI, which could be a great task to add to Redmine, with the "UI design" type of work. Cheers, -- intrigeri | GnuPG key @ https://gaffer.ptitcanardnoir.org/intrigeri/intrigeri.asc | OTR fingerprint @ https://gaffer.ptitcanardnoir.org/intrigeri/otr.asc _______________________________________________ tails-dev mailing list tails-dev@boum.org https://mailman.boum.org/listinfo/tails-dev
