On 2021-01-08 08:42:35 William Morder via tde-users wrote: > On Friday 08 January 2021 01:06:40 J Leslie Turriff wrote: > > On 2021-01-06 05:20:29 Steven D'Aprano via tde-users wrote: > > > On Wed, Jan 06, 2021 at 01:04:02AM -0800, William Morder via tde-users > > > > wrote: > > > > > If I like Konq's file browser functionality, and I like Konq's web > > > > > browser functionality, why do I have to pick only one? > > > > > > > > > > That seems a bit like saying that I can use a spoon for eating > > > > > soup, or for eating breakfast cereal, but I can only choose one. If > > > > > I choose to eat cereal with the spoon, then I have to use > > > > > chopsticks or a fork for the soup. > > > > > > > > A more appropriate metaphor would be: One ought not use the same tub > > > > of water for cooking, bathing, cleaning the floor and bathroom, etc. > > > > Better to have separate tubs. Or maybe others are not so fastidious > > > > as myself? > > > > > > Sorry, I don't see why that is a better analogy. > > > > > > Is it okay to use Konq to look at web pages (html files) on your local > > > drive? > > > > It works fine for that, as long as the HTML is ancient. Don't expect > > HTML5 and/or CSS3 to work correctly; the rendering engine doesn't > > understand that. > > > > [snip] > > > > Leslie > > -- > > Any security or privacy risk, I think, would be similar to loading the html > content in your email, or reading a pdf which contains live external html > links and is allowed access to the internet. If you are one of those folks > who, like myself, force Kmail or other email client to display plain text > only, then why not be consistent throughout? > > If you use Konqueror as both web browser and file manager -- especially at > the same time, in the same session -- then you may not only leak personal > data, but also present opportunities for intrusions; others may see inside > your file system, such as the contents of your home folder, or maybe do > worse. But I am just speculating what could happen, if one is careless, or > an intruder too clever. > I agree. Do you know of a way to prevent a browser from connecting to the internet (ideally, by preventing connections using particular useragent strings)? So far I haven't found any such, but I don't know what the best search arguments would be for hunting for them. Leslie -- ____________________________________________________ tde-users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Web mail archive available at https://mail.trinitydesktop.org/mailman3/hyperkitty/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
