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... Applications registering as a handler for URL schemes goes back to... at least Mac OS 9. Of course back then it was more likely to be an `ftp://` link. Cou
by stephenr 5y ago
... Applications registering as a handler for URL schemes goes back to... at least Mac OS 9. Of course back then it was more likely to be an `ftp://` link.
Could this behaviour be abused? Sure it could. But what's the alternative? Break the decades-old ability to link to some protocol other than http(s) and have the user's OS decide/prompt for how to open the link?