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samwillis
4023 days ago
The binary blob is targeted at Native Client and so only runs in the google chrome sandbox. There is no security issue here.
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kpcyrd
4023 days ago
"Don't worry, it's running as restricted windows user, there is no way it could possibly ever... oh"
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blfr
4023 days ago
Sandboxed unknown code is still better than non-sandboxed unknown code.
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samastur
4023 days ago
Agreed, but it is not the same thing as saying there is no security issue.
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nadams
4023 days ago
We are totally secure because all of our Windows users run with limited privileges!
...that is until the domain admin checks his email and opens a malicious PDF.
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pjc50
4023 days ago
But it's closed source, which is a criterion that Debian have historically regarded with a very high priority.
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