[LINK] Fin Review: The Reserve Bank of Australia has been hacked by the Chinese

[Jan Whitaker]

At 10:22 AM 12/03/2013, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
>... and the stupidity of having a browser that downloads a zip file,
>unpacks it and runs the application contained in it (without popping up a
>great big warning?) ... or a mail client that doesn't say "do you really
>want to download this ZIP file (what is that? ;-)) from this site in
>China?

That raises an interesting question. Should all browser applications 
be set to Action 'Always Ask' for anything nowadays, even PDFs? I 
could possibly discriminate the probably good from the probably bad, 
but could the general user? I rely on the source, such as a secure 
website, in most instances, or at least a level of trust in the 
sources I choose to go to. So much is being delivered in PDF 
nowadays. And I use WOT (Web of Trust) plugin that advises page 
trustworthiness.

My system software is set to ask me every time an executable presents 
itself, though.

Thoughts?
Jan



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