GNU bug report logs - #75017
31.0.50; Untrusted user lisp files

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: john muhl <jm <at> pub.pink>

Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2024 20:50:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 31.0.50

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Message #122 received at 75017 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
To: Sean Whitton <spwhitton <at> spwhitton.name>
Cc: dmitry <at> gutov.dev, eliz <at> gnu.org, jm <at> pub.pink, stefankangas <at> gmail.com,
 75017 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#75017: 31.0.50; Untrusted user lisp files
Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2024 23:43:33 -0500

[[[ To any NSA and FBI agents reading my email: please consider    ]]]
[[[ whether defending the US Constitution against all enemies,     ]]]
[[[ foreign or domestic, requires you to follow Snowden's example. ]]]

  > >> For Debian we'll probably patch in so everything that we install on
  > >> the system is automatically trusted.

I wouldn't say that is "wrong", but it sounds overconfident.
It is useful to keep in mind that we do make mistakes,
so sometimes it is wise not to bet that we never made any.

-- 
Dr Richard Stallman (https://stallman.org)
Chief GNUisance of the GNU Project (https://gnu.org)
Founder, Free Software Foundation (https://fsf.org)
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This bug report was last modified 171 days ago.

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