[gui-talk] Fwd: Opposing Freedom Scientific's signed BrailleDriverInitiative Petition

[albert griffith]

I'm not sure why everyone's so up in the air about signed drivers.  Even
some of the big players don't think it's worth it.  and there was the good
old good housekeeping seal of approval.  It will go on and on as companies
try to distinguish themselves from each other.  I'll get on board if browser
developers  quit giving me the opportunity to turn them off  When I get a
new machine I just tell it to ignore driver signatures and I'm done wit it
until the next one.

-----Original Message-----
From: gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Lloyd Rasmussen
Sent: Monday, October 19, 2009 8:45 PM
To: 'NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List'
Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Fwd: Opposing Freedom Scientific's signed
BrailleDriverInitiative Petition

I signed the petition, because I think it is important.  But I would note
that a couple of years ago, a digital picture frame (which can be connected
to a PC as an external drive) came from the manufacturer pre-loaded with a
virus, unbeknownst to them.

Lloyd Rasmussen, Kensington, Maryland
Home:  http://lras.home.sprynet.com
Work:  http://www.loc.gov/nls
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Wayne Merritt
> Sent: Monday, October 19, 2009 8:36 PM
> To: NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Fwd: Opposing Freedom Scientific's signed
> BrailleDriverInitiative Petition
> 
> Two things. First, it sounds a lot like what Microsoft was trying to
> do around 10-12 years ago. Second, one of the big reasons that this
> move has upset a lot of people is the very fact that so far at least,
> I've never gotten a virus from using my Braille display. The idea is
> ludicrous! Perhaps if the drivers for said display were locked into a
> website and the activation for said display was sent over the web, but
> we're still talking about vastly different devices. If I can get a
> virus from using my Braille display, then I suppose that it's equally
> as likely that I could get one from using my computer monitor. It
> seems like FS is just doing this because they can, though I expect
> that most of the Braille display manufacturers and distributors will
> have their displays digitally signed by FS, since not doing so means
> people can't use their displays with JAWS 11 and further.
> 
> Jmt,
> Wayne
> 
> On 10/19/09, albert griffith <albertgriffith at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> > It seems many developers want signed drivers like thisbut it seems like
> > allot of fuss about nothing to me from here....



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