8 Jan
2021
8 Jan
'21
6 p.m.
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:
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
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On 2021-01-06 05:20:29 Steven D'Aprano via
tde-users wrote:
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
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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.
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?