Re:Emacs: The most successful malleable system
by ska on Wednesday April 15, 2020 @05:15PM
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I get that, but the right approach to securing high value data is to secure the data, not try and control every aspect of the environment it lives within; that's often more security theater. Note I'm not suggesting that the right approach is "wild west", rather that any vetting process that doesn't allow for well established and widely used tools to be adopted is probably too rigid.
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Re:Emacs: The most successful malleable system
by NateEag on Wednesday April 15, 2020 @06:00PM
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I didn't say the "right" stance was to ban extensions, just the "easiest".
Since humans default to lazy, I thought that clearly explained why the phenomenon happens.
Perhaps I should have been clearer that I don't think it's the ideal approach, even if I understand where it comes from.