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Security of Java takes a dangerous turn for the worse, experts say (ars technica)

Security of Java takes a dangerous turn for the worse, experts say (ars technica)

Posted Sep 12, 2013 21:17 UTC (Thu) by luto (guest, #39314)
In reply to: Security of Java takes a dangerous turn for the worse, experts say (ars technica) by dps
Parent article: Security of Java takes a dangerous turn for the worse, experts say (ars technica)

Really? The *app* can decide on what privileges it wants, but (unlike Android, for example), the user doesn't seem to get any indication of what the app requested.

(I'm talking about JNLP apps here, which are more common in my industry. Actual applets are probably better.)


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Security of Java takes a dangerous turn for the worse, experts say (ars technica)

Posted Sep 13, 2013 18:34 UTC (Fri) by jonabbey (guest, #2736) [Link] (1 responses)

Try running 'jcontrol' on your box, it's a seldom-noticed Java control panel that lets you adjust what kind of security permissions you're willing to give away to JNLP apps and etc.

Security of Java takes a dangerous turn for the worse, experts say (ars technica)

Posted Sep 21, 2013 10:57 UTC (Sat) by luto (guest, #39314) [Link]

jcontrol appears to be part of a speech recognition package. There's itweb-settings.itweb, which is some combination of useless and incomprehensible.


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