Johnny-You-Are-Fired

Andrew Gallagher andrewg at andrewg.com
Wed May 15 17:27:59 CEST 2019


On 15/05/2019 16:17, Stefan Claas wrote:
> I have read this in German News and wonder why
> MUAs in 2019 are still vulnerable?
> 
> https://github.com/RUB-NDS/Johnny-You-Are-Fired/

Bluntly, because MUAs are designed to accept arbitrary data from random
strangers on the internet and display it to you without question. They
prioritise Getting It Done over Doing It Right, and it's hard to fight
against a baked-in paradigm.

It's like the old proverb about the tourist asking for directions in
Ireland and being told "If I was you, I wouldn't start from here" :-D

-- 
Andrew Gallagher

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