Interesting article about the security concerns: http://www.betanews.com/article/How-secure-is-Opera-Unite/1245176152
Beat you to it
ETA: Mayhap not. I don't know when I added that link, I've edited twice since then.
Couldn't agree more: this indeed has the makings of a very bad idea. Also, clearly it's not just a windows malware problem since Opera is cross-platform.
Again, agreed. It's not just the granting of the CAs, I guess there are performance issues as well.
Some troubling news... They will never be able to check each and every Unite widget out there. Also, I do not know of a possibility to digitally sign Unite widgets. This ideally would have been mandatory for widgets with read/write access to the file system.
Also troubling is the fact that it seems from the article that Opera did not even attempt to seriously address these issues. Here be dragons...
100% agreed.
It will take me a few days or a week to fully flush this out and test for security issues. I'll post them here if I find them.
Also, for laca:
Apologies for getting snippy/pseudo-flaming. I got the feeling I wasn't making myself clear (which is by no means an unusual event) and was frustrated I couldn't communicate clearer. I'll try not to be as stand-offish. I work hard to not do that. My apologies if you were offended.
Apologies for getting snippy/pseudo-flaming. I got the feeling I wasn't making myself clear (which is by no means an unusual event) and was frustrated I couldn't communicate clearer. I'll try not to be as stand-offish. I work hard to not do that. My apologies if you were offended.
No worries there... I might be a newcomer at JREF, but I'm by no means new to forums in general. Also, I did not see anything I could have been offended by. And I always enjoy a debate
