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Re: Automatic downloading of non-free software by stuff in main



On Thu, Dec 07, 2017 at 05:58:31PM +0500, Andrey Rahmatullin wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 07, 2017 at 12:50:06PM +0000, Holger Levsen wrote:
> > > > Ah, damnit.  It supports *some* xattrs (like the security namespace),
> > > > but apparently not *user* xattrs.
> > > Good.  While xattrs have some uses, this is a hidden privacy hole most users
> > > aren't aware of 
> > 
> > could you be so kind to explain that hidden hole? that would maybe help
> > with more people being aware…
> When you download a file, its original location is saved and can be
> retrieved.

ah, so it's a privacy hole in certain tools, but not in xattr.

how about filing bugs for those issues then?


-- 
cheers,
	Holger

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