On Thu, Aug 17, 2023 at 05:32:37PM +0200, Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote: > Am Donnerstag, dem 17.08.2023 um 17:27 +0200 schrieb Jürgen > Spitzmüller: > > I think it is useful to see the URL/target and then decide. If I get > > a document from someone else and the proposed link looks suspicious, > > I'd rather not open it. Other links might look trustworthy and I can > > proceed for those. > > Pretty common usecase: people download illegal copies, often without > being aware of the legal problem, from suspicious servers, and might > add links to their bib file (or Zotero does it?). I don't want my > browser being directed to such sites. > > This can happen with people you generally "trust".
I see your point and do not have problem with presenting URL in the dialog as you proposed. My point was that I would add "trust of the source of the document" in the equation as well (in whatever wording). Eye-inspection of URL can be easily befooled if the document comes from an attacker. Pavel -- lyx-devel mailing list lyx-devel@lists.lyx.org http://lists.lyx.org/mailman/listinfo/lyx-devel
