[libreoffice-users] Re: disable "cntrl click to follow link"

From: Mark Bourne [via Document Foundation Mail Archive] 
Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2014 5:04 PM
To: 4130 
Subject: Re: disable "cntrl click to follow link"


4130 wrote: 
> Dave, 
>
> Thanks for the solution & the image to my cntrl>click problem.  Never 
> thought it would be a "security" issue. 

I think the "security" issue is that hyperlinks can be formatted to look 
like normal text. Usually in a word processor you click to position the 
cursor where you want to edit text. Someone could send you a document, 
and when you click on that text (intending to position the cursor for 
editing it) you end up opening a web page instead - which may exploit a 
vulnerability in your web browser to install malware. 

With some vulnerabilities, you need only to open a web page designed to 
exploit it; you don't even need accept and run a download, or even 
realise that anything has happened. e.g. the first item under 
"Mitigating Factors" at 
https://technet.microsoft.com/library/security/MS14-037 (about half way 
down the page). 

Even if they're not being malicious, it's somewhat frustrating to click 
on a bit of text and suddenly find some web page being opened when all 
you wanted to do was edit the text. 

Mark. 

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