Quote: Originally Posted by Jeff Mincey At present I cannot side with those who see this as a security issue. Software executes code and it can do things for the benefit of the …

Quote: Originally Posted by Jeff Mincey At present I cannot side with those who see this as a security issue. (snip) But that's not what is happening here and thus I see peo…

User interaction to invoke the widget once installed is worth zero. 99% of Windows Outlook worms require the user to open the messages, which often have subjects like "I AM A V1RUS…

Just curious: Widgets are, on their most basic level, CSS/XHTML/Javascript. As long as the dashboard app only runs widgets that have that criteria, it seems like it's not as big …

Quote: Originally Posted by wtmcgee To me, it doesn't seem like it's as big a deal as some are making it out to be. Yes it is, however, from what I have read, fixing it see…

Quote: Originally Posted by wtmcgee Just curious: Widgets are, on their most basic level, CSS/XHTML/Javascript. As long as the dashboard app only runs widgets that have that c…

Thanks for the info... I was curious as to what else they could do other than being a 'mere' web page.

Here's what else they could do, and it's far worse than either openURL or openApplication: Quote: Originally Posted by Apple Developer Documentation system Executes a command-…

Quote: Originally Posted by CharlesS This is almost the exact same thing as on Windows IE when you browse to a site and it decides it will install some custom toolbar or other s…

Quote: Originally Posted by Person Man Well, not exactly. It's not a "bitch to get rid of" a widget... It is if you're a novice user and don't know about ~/Library/Widgets. …

Quote: Originally Posted by CharlesS Here's what else they could do, and it's far worse than either openURL or openApplication: So all a widget needs to do is widget.system("r…

Quote: Originally Posted by misc Doesn't running system commands require the "Are you sure?" agreed to? And what stops the widget from not displaying this and/or automatically a…

Quote: Originally Posted by CharlesS 1. It's already been shown that a site can make a widget look just like one of the default Apple ones. 2. If a user isn't intimately famili…

Quote: Originally Posted by misc Right, I understand that. But by doing a 'rm -fr' command from within a widget, Dashboard will raise the red flag and say "You sure?" Right? …

Nope! Your " Calculator" widget did not ask me for any kind of confirmation at all. It just ran, said its nasty little message, and displayed "EVIL" on the screen. From the looks …

APC sells their fingerprint sensor/software bundle for US$30 (there are 7 other suppliers for PC under US$40) while the only one I found compatible with my Mac OS X is a SONY at…

Considering that fingerprint sensors can be defeated with technology as simple as candy (yes, candy), sticky tape, or your breath, I'm not sure I'd be too concerned -- passwords ar…

Like tooki said they are very insecure, more of a showoff thing than security. Why do you want something like this anyway?

Real fingerprint scanners are not fooled by gummi bears; in general it is not accurate to describe fingerprint scanners as 'very insecure' Even the poor scanners increase security…

rm199, unfortunately the "good ones" are far less available and less in the public eye than the run of the mill "gummi says you're you!" devices. And it's hard for the run of the …

Quote: Originally Posted by tooki Considering that fingerprint sensors can be defeated with technology as simple as candy (yes, candy), sticky tape, or your breath, I'm not sure…

the fingerprint sensor marker in the laptop market is growing exponentially so maybe APPLE being the "innovator" should have started adopting it in all PB and IB since last year …

Scanner or not somebody can just boot your computer with OS9 and get all your files.

Quote: Originally Posted by Severed Hand of Skywalker Scanner or not somebody can just boot your computer with OS9 and get all your files. FileVault, anyone?

Is this possible, can someone give me a really simple example? I want to rotate a PNG image by 90 degrees. Hope someone can help!