On Sat, Jul 22, 2023 at 10:21:47AM +0200, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > Quoting Matthew Garrett (2023-07-22 09:54:59) > > On Sat, Jul 22, 2023 at 03:41:58PM +0800, Paul Wise wrote: > > > Disabling auto-mounting and for manual GUI mounts, requesting users > > > confirm they trust the filesystem they are mounting would avoid that > > > as much as is reasonably possible without entirely deleting the code > > > and without breaking the use-cases of people who need the filesystem > > > code. > > > > When is a user going to plug in a USB stick and *not* click that > > button? > > When the user had plugged in a coworker's phone they were asked to please > charge.
We're a long way down the social engineering chain there - I think that turns into a question of how many people are going to benefit from not automounting because of that case vs the number who benefit from the convenience under normal circumstances.
