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.desktop files and security

.desktop files and security

Posted Apr 6, 2006 15:06 UTC (Thu) by remijnj (subscriber, #5838)
Parent article: .desktop files and security

Another possibility would be to mark known-good .desktop files with an extended attribute. If an attempt was made to launch an unmarked file, a suitably scary dialog would be put up and confirmation required from the user.

Given a choice between dancing pigs and security, users will pick dancing pigs every time.


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