On Thu, Nov 24, 2016 at 09:03:24AM -0600, Michael Catanzaro wrote:
> On Thu, 2016-11-24 at 10:02 +0000, Carlos Garnacho wrote:
> > Tracker-extract is not as exposed as Firefox, because the file needs
> > being in the local filesystem for starters. The web world is well
> > known for figuratively throwing 3rd party media content to your face,
> > even in otherwise trusted websites.
> 
> I think the concern here is that browsers allow websites to download
> files to your computer without any user interaction. Epiphany goes as
> far as to open them automatically. I've never previously considered
> that it's a security risk, […]

What does that mean, exactly? Does it pass the downloaded file to
xdg-open or equivalent? Just because you clicked on a link on some
website, no matter the file type and association involved? Seriously?
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