On Tue, 2011-02-08 at 09:00 -0800, Dos-Man 64 wrote: >
> > LOL. I must respectfully disagree. Security is supposed to hassle > others, not the owner of the files. I doubt that someone who steals > or finds my mp3 player would have any problems accessing the files. > The only one having problems is me :( > Before you condemn distributions for making decisions not to auto mount USB drives you may want to watch this video here: http://linux.slashdot.org/story/11/02/07/1742246/USB-Autorun-Attacks-Against-Linux?from=headlines When you listen to this, and keep in mind this pointed more to Ubuntu 10.10, it makes a good point. Linux developers are extremely aware of the issues this video points out and are working to fix these problems but auto-mounting and media can create serious risks so many opt not to auto-mount and instead ask you what you want to do instead. I set my default to ask first in Ubuntu before I ever watched this video, but I've always been a bit more security conscious. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit our group at http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup
