From 21a63346329ae021d494928500a5d0f9d9743c27 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tommy Date: Fri, 23 May 2025 03:01:39 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Better trivial data exfil mitigation Thanks to @mintpilo for telling about this Signed-off-by: Tommy --- Quality of Life.md | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Quality of Life.md b/Quality of Life.md index 772437f..bc6cb65 100644 --- a/Quality of Life.md +++ b/Quality of Life.md @@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ Set the `PrntSc` button to run `qvm-screenshot` in shortcut settings. ### Trivial data exfiltration prevention -One trivial way for malicious applications to exfiltrate data from an offline VM is to open a link in a disposable VM with a payload. To prevent this, open the VM settings, go to advanced and set the default disposable template to none. +One trivial way for malicious applications to exfiltrate data from an offline VM is to open a link in a disposable VM with a payload. To prevent this, open Qubes Global Config -> URL handing -> All Qubes will ask and default to Default Disposable Template. ### Edge Dark Mode @@ -105,4 +105,4 @@ These apps require the keyring to be created first to work properly. Simply open In my experience, VLC works best. Changing video output to X11 video output (XCB) reduces CPU usage by 10% on my Thinkpad P53. See [this link](https://forum.qubes-os.org/t/vlc-video-playback-cpu-usage-improvement/23363). -If you want to use MPV, make sure that `--vo=x11 --profile=sw-fast` is passed as arguments. See [this link](https://forum.qubes-os.org/t/improving-video-playback-speed/21906). \ No newline at end of file +If you want to use MPV, make sure that `--vo=x11 --profile=sw-fast` is passed as arguments. See [this link](https://forum.qubes-os.org/t/improving-video-playback-speed/21906).