Re: Failed downloads: unknown type

On Tue, 23 Jul 2013 11:16:31 +0100, Matthew Toseland wrote:
> On Sunday 21 Jul 2013 10:54:35 Dennis New wrote:
> > On Sat, 20 Jul 2013 00:55:43 +0000, [email protected] wrote:
> > > I know that there is a good reason for the content filter thing,
> > > but it has seriously become an annoyance for a lot of people.
> > > Could we get a radio button or setting to permanently TURN OFF
> > > that content filtering?
> > 
> > I'm not even sure it's a good reason at all, since it probably
> > provides a false sense of security? Not only will it probably not
> > filter all (or most) malware, which is a full-time job in itself,
> > but if a user is not making some kind of additional effort to
> > secure their freenet environment, they'll be inevitably doomed
> > sooner or later. For all the rest of us, it's just an annoyance :P.
> 
> Freenet's threat model is completely different to that of the average
> anti-virus software.
> 
> A simple HTML file can defeat your anonymity simply by inlining an
> image from a server on the web.
> 
> This is what the filter is primarily for.
> 
> Lots of other formats, for example PDF, have similar issues, which is
> why Freenet warns when you download them. If you choose to ignore
> that warning it's not our fault.

This is exactly what I mean -- one really shouldn't be using a
browser / environment that is capable of accessing the NSAnet.
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