Vulnerability in the Mac Zoom client allows malicious websites to enable camera

Re:Vulnerability in the Mac Zoom client allows malicious web... by davnicwil on Tuesday July 09, 2019 @04:09AM (#20389817)

Yeah, it's a tradeoff by nature. This applies to security in general, not just computers. Having to unlock the door to your house when your hands are full with shopping is annoying, but the alternative is leaving your house unlocked all the time and trusting nobody will walk in.

Depending on the context (location, is there usually someone home anyway, value of stuff within the house) you may or may not find the tradeoff makes sense and voluntarily opt for the worse 'UX'.

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Re:Vulnerability in the Mac Zoom client allows malicious web... by melon_madness on Tuesday July 09, 2019 @05:09AM (#20390063)

See also: Boeing 737 Max

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Re:Vulnerability in the Mac Zoom client allows malicious web... by pcr0 on Tuesday July 09, 2019 @05:15AM (#20390093)

As in security against stalling lead to a UX disaster that caused planes to dive into the ground?

I'd argue the moral of that story was to redesign the plane, instead of piling on hacks to save costs in the short run.

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Re:Vulnerability in the Mac Zoom client allows malicious web... by melon_madness on Tuesday July 09, 2019 @06:17AM (#20390361)

As I understand it, they tried to design a new plane that wouldn't require pilots to be re-trained on how to use it, if they'd already been trained on an older model. That's the UX I'm referring to.

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Re:Vulnerability in the Mac Zoom client allows malicious web... by jonny_eh on Tuesday July 09, 2019 @02:30PM (#20395106)

Certainly a (bad) trade-off, but I wouldn't classify it as UX. It's more of a safety vs sales trade-off.

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