From: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
To: Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com>
Cc: larsi@gnus.org, 24489@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#24489: efaq: security risks
Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2016 16:38:56 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <E1bnXFI-0005ex-Io@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87y42kciee.fsf_-_@lifelogs.com> (message from Ted Zlatanov on Thu, 22 Sep 2016 06:56:25 -0400)
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> Images and other resources can carry constructed data and be used as an
> execution backdoor through browser or library bugs. The following don't
> necessarily apply to Emacs, they are just examples of the variety and
> severity of these attacks, which have risen in popularity as direct code
> injection has become harder:
It is no use telling people, "Be afraid of browsing."
If we can't give any advice more specific than that, it would
be a useless annoyance.
--
Dr Richard Stallman
President, Free Software Foundation (gnu.org, fsf.org)
Internet Hall-of-Famer (internethalloffame.org)
Skype: No way! See stallman.org/skype.html.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-09-23 20:38 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-09-20 22:48 bug#24489: efaq: security risks Glenn Morris
2016-09-20 22:53 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2016-09-21 21:26 ` Richard Stallman
2016-09-22 10:56 ` Ted Zlatanov
2016-09-23 20:38 ` Richard Stallman [this message]
2016-09-24 2:45 ` Ted Zlatanov
2016-09-25 17:15 ` Richard Stallman
2020-08-12 1:38 ` Stefan Kangas
2022-01-29 16:51 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
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