Re:Chromium unconditionally downloads binary blob
by luso_brazilian on Tuesday June 16, 2015 @11:48AM
(#9726628)
Yes. If opening a webpage downloaded a script that permanently altered the browser adding or removing functionality without explicit user intervention or consent it would be a security incident. There is even a class of scripts that warrants a special name because of this exactly behaviour: malware.
Considering the more general case of scripts being downloaded and executed in the browser (javascript, for instance) the more apt analogy would be one being downloaded and executed in a system with NoScript installed.
Just like NoScript is a tool that gives its users the power to decide on a case by case basis which scripts are executed by the browser, Debian is a tool that gives its users the power to decide on a case by case basis which closed source binaries are executed by their system.
Preventing this choice in this context is a security incident.
Re:Chromium unconditionally downloads binary blob
by JupiterMoon on Tuesday June 16, 2015 @12:17PM
(#9726906)
Just use no-script.
Like opening a webpage?