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efaq: security risks

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Message #15 received at 24489 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
To: Ted Zlatanov <tzz <at> lifelogs.com>
Cc: rgm <at> gnu.org, larsi <at> gnus.org, 24489 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#24489: efaq: security risks
Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2016 16:38:56 -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)
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