- From: Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@apple.com>
- Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2009 22:38:39 -0700
On Jul 27, 2009, at 8:23 PM, Aryeh Gregor wrote: > On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 9:39 PM, Maciej Stachowiak<mjs at apple.com> > wrote: >> Persistent workers are even more of a security risk, since they are >> supposed >> to persist even after the browser has been restarted, or after the >> system >> has been rebooted. Persistent workers should be renamed to "BotNet >> Construction Kit". > > Surely this proposal also would have the pages run even after the > browser has been restarted, or the system rebooted? It was suggested > that ideally they'd continue running even when the browser has been > shut down! If that's the suggestion, then they are just as dangerous as persistent workers, or maybe more. But I think the point is, I don't think it's generally accepted that persistent workers are safe, so there's no argument by analogy that persistent background pages would be safe. Regards, Maciej
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