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Re:Chromium unconditionally downloads binary blob by rockdoe on Tuesday June 16, 2015 @10:27AM (#9726014)
>a script being download and run would be a as much a security incident as what happened.

Like opening a webpage?

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.