[R] I'm Working On A Data Security Article - Quick Question

[Spencer Graves]

       To your question about, "are you ok with me possibly linking to" 
a 2008 thread on r-help subject: "[R] R is a virus, spyware or malware 
(gasp!)", I think that would be considered a friendly gesture PROVIDED 
you honestly portrayed the conclusion that any checker for malicious 
software that flags R or RGUI (or RStudio, now, also), is likely wrong:  
This is free, open-source software with probably millions of users 
worldwide and currently almost 14,000 contributed packages available on 
the Comprehensive R Archive Network (CRAN), and all the code is checked 
on multiple platforms several times per week, including for malicious 
code.  Any such code is isolated and removed.  "CRAN Repository 
Policy"[1] includes, "The code and examples provided in a package should 
never do anything which might be regarded as malicious or anti-social", 
and provides several "examples from past experience."


       Hope this helps.
       Spencer Graves


[1] https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/policies.html


On 2019-02-11 03:53, Berend Hasselman wrote:
> Just read the complete thread.
> That will clarify.
>
> Nothing wrong with R or RGUI; the virus checker is wrong.
> regards,
>
> Berend Hasselman
>
>> On 10 Feb 2019, at 15:57, Murris Johnson <murrjohn321 using gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Hi,
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>> I have a quick question for you about a page on your site that briefly
>> mentions a data security topic, https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-help/2008-May/162561.html.
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>> I plan on writing a few guest authored articles in the next month or so
>> that talk about data security & breaches, are you ok with me possibly
>> linking to your above-mentioned webpage?
>>
>>
>> I'm not entirely sure which sites I may link to or reference in the
>> articles yet, but I'd like to have a few different options to choose
>> from... so please let me know what you think when you have a moment to let
>> me know. Whatever you decide, thanks for your time and I don't expect a
>> response if you're not interested. Thanks.
>>
>>
>> Murris
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