On Tue, 10 Jun 2014 12:21:13 -0700, Seth Willits said: >TLDR: >----------------------- >If your app has a document type that may use the same extension as >another app, you should override typeForContentsOfURL:error: because >otherwise the existence of that other application on a user's system can >break your app. > >This is a critical problem.
This is well known, and has been discussed on this list years ago. I filed a bug back in 2007: <rdar://5540833> 9a559: Denial of service; Launch Services changes UTI when new app arrives >That's very unfortunate and frankly ridiculous because this means that >the existence of another application on your system can break your app. Yes, a malicious app could probably claim all sorts of UTIs, stopping other apps from opening documents. Then again, a malicious app could also delete a bunch of files, so... I've given up on it ever being fixed (like most everything in Radar). But hey, we're getting new cool translucent stuff! :) Cheers, -- ____________________________________________________________ Sean McBride, B. Eng s...@rogue-research.com Rogue Research www.rogue-research.com Mac Software Developer Montréal, Québec, Canada _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
