It's really great that security get a high priority but this simple
solution would greatly approve usability while still acting on the
Drive by download use case.
I really get frustrated that there is not an option to just run it
anyway. It's is really time consuming to change every jar or exe
KweeK- I don't see this being changed which is to bad
The idea is of the policy is good, but as implemented, many, if not most users
will just disable or permanently bypass the cautious-launcher altogether by
using wine instead of Wine Windows Program Loader as the default for .exe's
When
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Status: New = Opinion
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cautious-launcher needs option to allow file execution
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While clearly an opinion (mine and many others), it would be at the very
least enlightening to hear, at some point, the only opinion that
matters - from someone involved with the implementation of this policy,
as to why they think it 'works'.
From my viewpoint it not working at all, at least in
We are trying to protect the Ubuntu desktop from malware. One of the
popular malware attack vectors is a Drive by download: to have a user
unknowingly download an executable file and hope they double click on it
later at which point the malware is executed.
Since Ubuntu software is normally
