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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: Outstanding critical issue for KDE 2.2
From:       George Staikos <staikos () kde ! org>
Date:       2001-08-02 1:09:35
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On Wednesday 01 August 2001 17:32, Neil Stevens wrote:
> On Wednesday August 01, 2001 03:02, Torsten Rahn wrote:
> > Wouldn't it make more sense to just disable Autocompletion on
> > encrypted sites then without offering an option for now?
> >
> > If you disable this feature completely only < 1% of the people
> > using KDE will be aware of this feature.
>
> So disable something potentially useful, for the 5% or whatever of people
> using KDE in multiuser environments?  This isn't a "security" problem for
> a single-user desktop.
>
> OK, I made up that number.  But the relative number of multiuser vs
> singleuser KDE installs should determine what case we optimize for.

   We have a contract to the user that his data is entirely encrypted except 
for in RAM when that lock icon appears.  If it is not being encrypted, we are 
liable.  It is 100% our fault in that case.

-- 

George Staikos

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