TO PREVENT MALWARE | Show warning when pasting something into a newly opened terminal #20418
mango (mangoess)
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CAPTCHA's now ask us to orient animals to the direction of the arrow, and to recognize which image is something that a tiger would chase after. The fact that people are more used to doing more actions for these tests is something that bad actors rely on for malicious CAPTCHA looking popups or redirects.
RECENTLY, It is easier for people to open the terminal and paste in whatever a pretend CAPTCHA may have copied to their clipboard.
I don't think it is too out of the question to put in place a GUI when someone pastes something in the terminal within a minute or two of its opening, a GUI that confirms if they want to paste something in and to be weary of malware.
(^ for a terminal that has been running for some time, or a user that disabled it, this warning would not show up)
Please let me know what you think, whether you love it, or think it will lead to wasted productivity and annoyance for those of us who regularly use the terminal.
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