Re: Firefox PDF download - strange behaviour.

[Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net>]

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.

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