I remember a big discussion about this a few months back. If I recall correctly, people didn't really like this solution, but nobody could come up with a better one that still maintained system security so this is what they went with.
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RE: .desktop security
I remember a big discussion about this a few months back. If I recall correctly, people didn't really like this solution, but nobody could come up with a better one that still maintained system security so this is what they went with.