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Add Appimage security warning #563

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Expand Up @@ -63,6 +63,12 @@ Official website: https://parity.io | Be sure to check out [our Wiki](https://wi
- Double click on the file to install Fether.
- Fether will be added to the program menu.

## Security warning

- ### Don't run Fether as root
- ### Beware of suspicious symlinks called fether-x.y.z-x86_64.AppImage.home
This attack vector applies to any AppImage application. It consists of crafting a .home file/folder to be used as the home folder by an AppImage application. The danger resides in the fact that this .home file could be a symlink somewhere on the user's computer. The AppImage would be using this new location as a home folder, in a non-transparent way. Running the application as root might damage a system, for example, by overflowing the /boot partition.

## Build from sources

### Install dependencies
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