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Re: Firefox PDF download - strange behaviour.

From songbird <songbird@anthive.com>
Newsgroups linux.debian.user
Subject Re: Firefox PDF download - strange behaviour.
Date 2022-01-18 17:50 +0100
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Jeremy Nicoll wrote:
> songbird wrote:
...
>> but what i do is set where files are saved in a
>> specific directory and leave it at that
>
> That works fine while you can be sure that a browser is only 
> saving downloaded files.  What about when if can do anything
> it likes to any file/folder?

  i'm trusting the developers of the browser just like
everyone else who uses it.

  javascript has always been an issue, i don't see that
changing.  if you are paranoid about that kind of access
then the OS does let you set things up to be doubly sure
(different users and groups) and there are even security
protocols that go even further.  i don't bother with 
them.

  Debian itself is also another web of trust that us 
users rely upon.  i consider it similar enough to what 
happens at firefox devs that i don't really worry about
it.


  songbird

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Re: Firefox PDF download - strange behaviour. Kamil Jońca <kjonca@o2.pl> - 2022-01-16 19:50 +0100
  Re: Firefox PDF download - strange behaviour. songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2022-01-17 06:30 +0100
    Re: Firefox PDF download - strange behaviour. "Jeremy Nicoll" <jn.ml.dbn.25@letterboxes.org> - 2022-01-17 22:00 +0100
      Re: Firefox PDF download - strange behaviour. songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2022-01-18 06:00 +0100
        Re: Firefox PDF download - strange behaviour. "Jeremy Nicoll" <jn.ml.dbn.25@letterboxes.org> - 2022-01-18 15:50 +0100
          Re: Firefox PDF download - strange behaviour. David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2022-01-18 17:50 +0100
          Re: Firefox PDF download - strange behaviour. songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2022-01-18 17:50 +0100
            Re: Firefox PDF download - strange behaviour. Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net> - 2022-01-18 19:30 +0100
          Re: Firefox PDF download - strange behaviour. Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2022-01-19 13:50 +0100
      Re: Firefox PDF download - strange behaviour. The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2022-01-18 17:40 +0100
        Re: Firefox PDF download - strange behaviour. "Jeremy Nicoll" <jn.ml.dbn.25@letterboxes.org> - 2022-01-18 17:50 +0100
        Re: Firefox PDF download - strange behaviour. Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2022-01-21 10:50 +0100

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