Timeline for Do we need [safety] when we have [security]?
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| Apr 3, 2017 at 0:02 | comment | added | Andrea Lazzarotto |
On a more serious note, a Linux kernel driver in 2008 was deemed unsafe for certain models of Ethernet cards: bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=55667 Last year it was clear that running rm -rf / was bricking some computers with an UEFI firmware: phoronix.com/… If we want to extend the concept of safety to hardware, other than people, some questions might be on topic. Probably not too many to deserve a tag, though. :)
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| Apr 2, 2017 at 23:57 | comment | added | Andrea Lazzarotto | Mine was a tongue-in-cheek remark adding to the point of @Melebius. Having said that, I have nothing against the idea of removing the safety tag, as long as we agree that safety and security are slightly different concepts. | |
| Apr 2, 2017 at 23:14 | comment | added | muru | @AndreaLazzarotto is the former an ontopic question? | |
| Apr 2, 2017 at 20:03 | answer | added | userDepth | timeline score: -4 | |
| Apr 2, 2017 at 19:14 | comment | added | Andrea Lazzarotto | Compare "Is it safe to type on my Ubuntu laptop while driving a car?" to "Is the Caesar cipher a secure encryption method?". :P | |
| Mar 28, 2017 at 21:34 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/AskUbuntu/status/846837884200071168 | ||
| Mar 28, 2017 at 11:16 | answer | added | Jafar Rasooli | timeline score: 1 | |
| Mar 27, 2017 at 9:49 | comment | added | muru | @Melebius sure, but in the context of Ubuntu, I'd argue safety is a subset of security and an unnecessary tag | |
| Mar 27, 2017 at 9:48 | comment | added | Melebius | Although both these terms are translated into many languages (including mine) using the same word, they are not interchangeable in English. See linkedin.com/pulse/… or usingenglish.com/forum/threads/63590-Safety-vs-Security for examples of the differences. | |
| Mar 20, 2017 at 12:43 | answer | added | ZannaMod | timeline score: 8 | |
| Mar 20, 2017 at 12:37 | history | asked | muru | CC BY-SA 3.0 |