[Sigia-l] Design by testing

[SCoon at ameritrade.com]

Yep, "trustworthy computing," innovation by design, design by testing, users
know best, ask them, compile and ship, that's the ticket.

Ziya
Nullius in Verba 

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ANY company/designer worth its/his/her salt performs user research on one level or another to provide a *basis* for the design of their product. key word: basis. the problem in this case seems to be that microstupid doesn't weigh the importance of security correctly.

if the user population expresses the want/need for xyz features, buy y creates a security issue... well, it kind of seems obvious how to proceed from there. if microsoft is asking users about whether or not they should leave a particular port open, they're probing on a task level and not a goal level. their end product will undoubtedly suffer and in this case, the economy with it.

/*spcoon*/