malicious KDE theme wipes out all your data ( www.reddit.com )

possiblylinux127 , 3 months ago

This is why we need sandboxing. Right now the Linux desktop is still lacking in terms of security

bitterseeds , 3 months ago

@possiblylinux127 @wisha And how would sandboxing a malicious script inside a theme that is supposed to change the look of your desktop work? They installed and ran something that rm'd their home directory. I'm honestly curious how you'd solve this.

wisha OP , 3 months ago

A more locked-down theming API could help. For example Firefox themes are always 100% safe to install. That said, Firefox themes are almost useless (they’re more like color schemes lol), and no one wants to lose KDE’s powerful customizability so 🤷🤷

Canary9341 , 3 months ago

Perhaps having different categories with different limitations would work well. Using the firefox example, prioritize the use of WebExtensions, but keep XUL/XPCOM with appropriate warnings.

JackGreenEarth , 3 months ago

What do you mean? I have Firefox themes that change the whole look of the browser, using userchrome.css.

https://share.jackgreenearth.org/png/Screenshot-from-2024-03-17-21-55-40.png

HKayn , 3 months ago

That’s obviously not what OP was referring to when mentioning “Firefox themes”.

JackGreenEarth , 3 months ago

Maybe, I was showing that there were better ways to theme Firefox though

KomfortablesKissen , 3 months ago

SELinux? Apparmor? (Serious question, I don’t know if there might be features that render those two inadequate)

possiblylinux127 , 3 months ago

If it ran in a sandbox it would just wipe its own files instead of the system. Under no circumstances should a plugin from some random guy online be running with such high privileges

bitterseeds , 3 months ago

@possiblylinux127 I was asking how you’d run something that modded the whole UI … sandboxed.

possiblylinux127 , 3 months ago

You would need to expose some sort of hook that allows modifications