Talk:Matrix with two diagonals
Dependence on a potentially insecure direct link to a JPEG
The paucity of that task description leads to a dependence on directly loading an unknown JPEG.
JPEGs are susceptible to exploits, and it seems a pity to risk the impression of obliging others to do something which is potentially insecure.
(My advice to others would be: never click on a direct JPEG link offered by an unknown host). Hout (talk) 09:19, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
- Although I'm confident the author himself would never do anything malicious, you're right to express caution about viewing external images.
- Fortunately (if you haven't guessed already) you can work out what's required from studying the Ring code which is drawing a square matrix which has 1's on both diagonals and 0's elsewhere. --PureFox (talk) 09:38, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
- I wonder if there isn't a line that needs to be drawn at the point where the quality of task descriptions declines so far that they are not even secure (let alone adequate). Hout (talk) 10:40, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
- Suggestion 1. Delete that link to a JPEG. Some of use may well feel sufficiently protected by our assessment of CalmoSoft personally, but we know nothing about the security of the hosting site.
- Suggestion 2. Replace the JPEG link with a textual matrix and an adequate description. Hout (talk) 11:05, 17 February 2022 (UTC)