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Re: [tor-talk] Download Helper



Olivier Cornu:
> I haven't checked the project in the last couple years, yet in the past GM
> had to deal with significant security issues.
> As so many projects it grew from a few hacks and ended much wider than ever
> intended, with the usual design and coding scars. But the main obstacle was
> that it introduced a new level of privilege between embedded javascript and
> chrome code, which was not intended to exist in firefox and impossible to
> enforce in pure javascript. It was long the case that, although relatively
> safe when used properly, it could quickly be used in unsafe ways -- even in
> good faith.

Thanks for raising these aspects I did not consider earlier on. :)

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Lunar                                             <lunar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

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