rolling Firefox back to 2.x

[Knapp]

On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 1:37 PM, Dotan Cohen <dotancohen at gmail.com> wrote:
> 2008/9/3 Knapp <magick.crow at gmail.com>:
>> But then there would be that one file that holds the buffers that
>> could have data that should never see the light of day?
>>
>
> VM box seems to use the real machine RAM, not virtual RAM. But that
> should be verified, I did not even think of that.
>
> I will quietly step out of the debate, as I obviously don't think far
> enough ahead to make security-related decisions. But I will follow the
> thread closely, because there sure is a lot that I can learn here too.
>
> @Nik: if you don't mind me asking, what bodies are you worried about
> discovering your browsing habits? Government, employer, family? The
> question is possibly relevant to the discussion because it may affect
> the technologies available to them- I doubt that your wife will freeze
> and remove your RAM to reinstall in a hot machine, but I would not put
> that beyond the government or even certain employers. Might 'they'
> come while you are sitting at the machine, and you might need a
> dead-man's switch? Or is the threat such that you can simply clear the
> data after each use? Feel free to answer off-list. Thanks.
>
> --
> Dotan Cohen

It is a really good question. You can't avoid a threat well unless you
know what it is. Sort of like all our work to debug computers based on
statements like, "Can you please tell me why my computer does not
work?? Please, I am in a hurry. Thanks for the help!"

-- 
Douglas E Knapp

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