8 Jan
2021
8 Jan
'21
2:42 p.m.
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:
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.
Bill
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?