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		GeekyBear 5 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A proposal to restrict sites from accessing a user... Asking you if you trust a device before opening a data connection to it is simply not the same thing as asking the person who just created a shortcut if they should be allowed to do that.

esseph 5 months ago [–]

How do you know the person created the shortcut and not some malware trying to get a user to click on an executable and elevate permissions?

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