Re: Safe surfing

On 2007-01-08 09:48:26 -0500, Dan Schutzer wrote:

> I wouldn't completely push off the idea of a safe mode, where one
> can be assured that only certain (user selected websites) can
> come through and not others. There are certain tasks that a
> security conscious user which wish to only do in a safe mode. The
> idea of a ritual where, such as Control.Alt.Delete, which a user
> can simple invoke to ensure increased safety is not necessarily a
> bad or dangerous thing if done right and can make some of the
> things we wish to do in terms of greater security and user
> comfort more practically achieved without crippling all the
> functionality that users have grown accustomed to. I think it is
> an idea worth pursuing and discussing and not so quickly
> dismissing.

From our charter: "one example of a possible recommended technique
are interactive ceremonies that can help establish a trusted path
from the web user agent to the user."

Cheers,
-- 
Thomas Roessler, W3C  <tlr@w3.org>

Received on Monday, 8 January 2007 14:52:07 UTC