linuxaudio.org

On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 12:52:44PM +0300, Alexandre Prokoudine wrote:
> On 2/23/11, Philipp Überbacher  wrote:

quoted text
>

> > Example number one is the CUPS web interface, accessible using the

> > obvious address http://localhost:631. First of all it gives me the

> > creeps every time I have to use it, because I have to use the browser to

> > modify my system.

>

> So problem number one is that you have old-fashioned view on system

> configuration.

A realistic one I'd say. Using a web interface implies you have

already a working system, and by no means a minimal one. 
> > Besides that the interface is slow and buggy, despite running on the

quoted text
> > same machine. I wouldn't call it a good interface in general.

>

> So problem number two is that because CUPS's UI is bad, you

> extrapolate that on other web UIs. Very interesting.

Apart from some very trivial ones I've never seen one that

was any better. I've seen a lot of them that are a pain to use. 
> > The other example is google docs/spreadsheet which I have to use

quoted text
> > sometimes. There are the obvious privacy concerns, it should be clear

> > that giving your possibly sensitive data to what's probably the worlds

> > biggest Ad company isn't a good idea.

>

> So problem number three is conspiracy theories.

Or elementary security awareness. If exposing the old and deprecated

non-ssh based X11 interface is a bad idea (there's no discussion about

that probably), then storing your data unprotected on a third party

system certainly is. And then there are the legal issues. If you store

some data obtained under NDA in a Google App, do you violate the NDA ?

I'd say yes. What if a medical doctor stores his patient's files this

way ? Most professional activities involve keeping confidential data

of some sort. I would not hesitate to say that Google Apps is a no-go

for that reason alone.
Ciao,
--

FA
_______________________________________________

Linux-audio-dev mailing list

Linux-audio-dev@lists.linuxaudio.org

http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-dev