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I'd argue this is a misfeature. Different users have different needs, but I really like knowing that especially my basic "view a file downloaded from the Inter
by Athas 8y ago
I'd argue this is a misfeature. Different users have different needs, but I really like knowing that especially my basic "view a file downloaded from the Internet"-applications have a limited attack surface, even if that means it has fewer features. Actually, I'd prefer to have that confidence for all my applications, possibly except necessarily overcomplicated behemoths like web browsers or Emacs.
- mikepurvis 8y agoWouldn't it be better to expose these other schemas via FUSE mounts anyway? I suppose the main issue is one of UX— how do you make a system "Open file/path" dialog that under the hood is capable of setting up and properly lifecycling something like an sshfs mount? Almost seems like a thing you'd want support for at the systemd service level. OTOH, doing it as a system dialog that runs safely in its own process feels a lot better to me than building the functionality into every app in a piecemeal way.