[opendtv] Re: Widgets

  • From: Kon Wilms <konfoo@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:53:41 -0700

Your point is moot since this is a walled garden. As for not trusting it... maybe you shouldn't trust the platform it runs on. JS exploits thrive on windows because 90% of users have administrative level accounts and the OS is Swiss cheese to boot.
As for getting it out fast... embedded Js for stb platforms has been around for quite some time. Most stb platforms do *not* use the same engine as on your desktop for obvious reasons. 

Cheers
Kon

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On Aug 27, 2008, at 3:34 PM, Tom Barry <trbarry@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


We will see.
Usually the priority of the engineers is to get out something quickly with sufficient features and trimming features to increase security comes second place. 

Again, I don't trust java script.

- Tom


Kon Wilms wrote:
On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 3:10 PM, Tom Barry <trbarry@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Given Javascript this may be the beginning of TV viruses and malware. I 
tend to distrust it.
What a load of nonsense. Obviously the engines are not the same as the 
one in your browser. More likely it is severely stripped down like a
baseline JS 1.5 spidermonkey, for example -- no network comms
capability.
Cheers
Kon
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