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| From | Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.debian.user |
| Subject | Re: Firefox PDF download - strange behaviour. |
| Date | 2022-01-18 19:30 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <DH1p3-25I-27@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
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On 2022-01-18 11:23:14 -0500, songbird wrote: > 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. The main issue is security bugs. > 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. I systematically run firefox in firejail. -- Vincent Lefèvre <vincent@vinc17.net> - Web: <https://www.vinc17.net/> 100% accessible validated (X)HTML - Blog: <https://www.vinc17.net/blog/> Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / AriC project (LIP, ENS-Lyon)
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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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