18.04: "untrusted launcher" -- how to make it *permanently* trusted

[Robert Heller]

At Sun, 28 Apr 2019 14:40:55 -0400 "Ubuntu user technical support,  not for general discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> wrote:

> 
> Hey there,
> 
> Robert Heller wrote:
> >Little Girl wrote:
> 
> >> Is this (admittedly old) page of any use?
> >> https://askubuntu.com/questions/10395/untrusted-application-launcher  
> >
> >Already visited and no it is no help...
> 
> I figured that might be the case.
>  
> >> Maybe this one will be of more use:
> >> https://askubuntu.com/questions/1056591/how-to-mark-desktop-file-as-trusted-in-18-04
> >
> >Nor this one (from an *admin* POV)...
> 
> Okay, although it's likely just as much of an issue from any point of
> view.
> 
> >> This seems to be the actual explanation for the issue and it's
> >> pretty horrifying despite the disclaimers that it's all in our
> >> best interest:
> >> 
> >> https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2018/05/nautilus-remove-ability-launch-binaries-apps
> 
> How about this one that you didn't comment on? It explains why this
> is happening.

I have no *polite* comment...

> 

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