Post by Admin on Mar 15, 2017 22:08:52 GMT
About Security
A key element of security is trust and a fundamental premise of SecureSuite is to trust as few individuals, organizations, networks and computers as possible. The concept is to increase trust by decreasing the exposure of private information. Some argue that if you are worried about security you should spend your life deep in some bunker in a SKIF, shielded from all possible privacy invasion. For some national secrets this is necessary, but for our personal privacy and with today's technology, there are solutions for those willing to be a little creative. SecureSuite puts the web server in your pocket where you have exclusive control and privacy, as opposed to using some unknown server at an unknown location, over untrusted networks, with access by unknown individuals.
Today's technology makes it possible
Smartphones and tablets have fast multi-core processors, big memory, big storage and fast networks. A 128GB microSD card cost $40 US. These devices can easily manage contacts, passwords, notes, files, calendar events, to-do items and even files. When data is shared, it is shared on as local a network as possible, ideally point-to-point.
Ease of use
SecureSuite operates under the premise that there are no power users. SecureSuite strives to operate with the same look, feel, and work flow as the less secure apps we use every day. Being secure takes extra effort, but the effort can be minimized and ideally eliminated. SecureSuite strives to provide the best of the web apps, the best of smartphone apps, and while providing secure backups.
About Requirements
The general concept is to produce and support a product that we want and will use. As an example, Apple Computer does not poll a bunch of users to determine features for a product. Instead, Apple engineers are themselves passionate users, and they build what they want, and work very hard to remove all unnecessary features.
New features
If you have a great idea for SecureSuite, that's great, communication is key. There may be something in the works, there may be reasons that the app is the way it is. Here is the suggested approach.
All that said, this forum is the place to present your ideas and comments. Don't let the process stop you from sharing your thoughts!
A key element of security is trust and a fundamental premise of SecureSuite is to trust as few individuals, organizations, networks and computers as possible. The concept is to increase trust by decreasing the exposure of private information. Some argue that if you are worried about security you should spend your life deep in some bunker in a SKIF, shielded from all possible privacy invasion. For some national secrets this is necessary, but for our personal privacy and with today's technology, there are solutions for those willing to be a little creative. SecureSuite puts the web server in your pocket where you have exclusive control and privacy, as opposed to using some unknown server at an unknown location, over untrusted networks, with access by unknown individuals.
Today's technology makes it possible
Smartphones and tablets have fast multi-core processors, big memory, big storage and fast networks. A 128GB microSD card cost $40 US. These devices can easily manage contacts, passwords, notes, files, calendar events, to-do items and even files. When data is shared, it is shared on as local a network as possible, ideally point-to-point.
Ease of use
SecureSuite operates under the premise that there are no power users. SecureSuite strives to operate with the same look, feel, and work flow as the less secure apps we use every day. Being secure takes extra effort, but the effort can be minimized and ideally eliminated. SecureSuite strives to provide the best of the web apps, the best of smartphone apps, and while providing secure backups.
About Requirements
The general concept is to produce and support a product that we want and will use. As an example, Apple Computer does not poll a bunch of users to determine features for a product. Instead, Apple engineers are themselves passionate users, and they build what they want, and work very hard to remove all unnecessary features.
New features
If you have a great idea for SecureSuite, that's great, communication is key. There may be something in the works, there may be reasons that the app is the way it is. Here is the suggested approach.
- Contact the developers to see if there are any related efforts under way. Don't assume that all branches are public, there may be development on a private branch.
- Put the idea out on this forum. Collect as much feedback as possible at this stage. Understand the technical and schedule level of effort and risks. Figure out minimum requirements.
- Draft your requirements and test procedures. Ideally, tests can be written first to help with the development process.
- Make a pull request relating to a topic branch.
- Implement it, try it, live with it for a while, get feedback, improve it and finally submit it for integration.
All that said, this forum is the place to present your ideas and comments. Don't let the process stop you from sharing your thoughts!