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		ndsipa_pomu 26 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Microsoft May Have Created the Slowest Windows in ... Not so much security theater as a large number of exploits were disguised as .scr files as it was easy to trick a user into downloading one and then it would run with full system access

ok123456 25 days ago [–]

Restrict .scr to run as an unprivileged user without network or filesystem access, that always launches the system login/unlock on exit?

This seems better than having a program that does random web requests to put ads on the lock screen.

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