freedomofpress / securedrop-client

a Qt-based GUI for SecureDrop journalists 📰🗞️
GNU Affero General Public License v3.0
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Consider adding support for opening links in networked dvm #1105

Open eloquence opened 4 years ago

eloquence commented 4 years ago

When a source sends a URL that accompanies a submission, journalists may want to visit it securely.

Right now, URLs are rendered as plain-text, and the journalist has to manually copy and paste them into a secure environment, such as a networked disposable VM. This means we rely on the journalist/admin to prepare such a secure environment, which introduces a risk for security mistakes.

Some open questions to seed discussion, if we agree that this is a desirable feature in principle:

zenmonkeykstop commented 2 months ago

Still a bit contentious, can be revisited once we get deeper into the client backlog