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[Ian Malone]

On 11 February 2016 at 18:33, jd1008 <jd1008 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On 02/11/2016 05:41 AM, Ian Malone wrote:
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>> On 10 February 2016 at 23:22, jd1008 <jd1008 at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> I am sorry to burst the bubble that was perpetrated by Sun Microsystems.
>>> I worked at Sun Microsystems as a contractor and talked to a very senior
>>> developer at Menlo Park. I knew this developer from working with him in
>>> a previous company. Under my oath never to reveal his name, he clued me
>>> in
>>> that the fictitious "sandbox" was the entire system. Sun was clever to
>>> use
>>> the
>>> term sandbox as a subterfuge for the silicon of the chips.
>>> This "sandbox=entire system" was confirmed to me in an email from another
>>> very senior developer who is still on this list, but will not expose his
>>> name.
>>> He confirmed that the sandbox is the entirety of the system.
>>> Reason why some people will go to email flame wars on this issue is
>>> because
>>> either it is their penny at stake, or they are obeying their superiors.
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>> Without details as to what language and vm it refers to unfortunately
>> this is not a very useful anecdote. The plugin sandbox that firefox or
>> edge use is not the same as a javascript sandbox in netscape (was
>> there one?), or a java sandbox.
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> So, you keep sanctioning and spreading and supporting the illusion of
> security?
> Such a sad position to adopt.
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I'm afraid your only viable solution is to never connect to the internet again.

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imalone
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