Re: Why doesn't plugins/sixaxis.c set devices as Trusted?

[Alexander Holler <holler@ahsoftware.de>]

Am 07.07.2015 um 16:16 schrieb Harald Schmitt:
> Am 07.07.2015 um 06:31 schrieb Alexander Holler:
>> Am 06.07.2015 um 15:17 schrieb Bastien Nocera:
>>> Hey,
>>>
>>> I don't understand the reason why plugins/sixaxis.c doesn't set the
>>> device as trusted when plugged in.
>>
>> It's because of security. If you trust a bluetooth device on Linux,
>> you're trusting it for all services.
> Just as a side note: This is not a good security rule. Why should I
> trust a game controller on any other service then controlling my game
> moves?

Also differentiating a network service from an input service wouldn't be 
that hard (at least at OS level), it won't help much in regard to the 
topic because you can't really differentiate a gamepad from a keyboard 
(both are HID input devices).

And you just don't want to automatically enable (trust) a (wireless) 
remote input (especially a keyboard) if someone managed it to plug in 
some USB device into your Linux box without any user interaction.

Regards,

Alexander Holler