alt Hacker NewsWe might also ask, why doesn't Linux also track such meta-data? Are Linux users not also subject to drive-by downloads impersonating valid files? Should we be one chmod a+x away from compromise?
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emmelaich • today at 1:39 AM
Tar on linux will. e.g. selinux attrs and other xattrs.
Open question, is it worth attempting to main these semantics between mac and linux.
bitfilped • today at 1:01 AM
Should I be able to run files I download on my own computer? I think yes I should, hate fighting MacOS to do simple tasks because Apple engineers assume the end user has the average intelligence of an ostrich.
Yes, we should be.
My computer should run programs when I tell it to run them.
Don’t blunt _every_ tool just to make them harder to cut yourself on.