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Can we protect our PC from malicious R code in pbix file ?
We want to enable R, But We need to protect our PC from malicious R code.
Power BI Desktop can enable R for R data source and R visuals.
and R can write the files on PC, and can access the SQL Server database.
We think that the pbix files with malicious R code can infect the PC which open it.
Related:
Excel can protect malicious VBA by allow only trusted excel file, with signed VBA.
I want to use R on Power BI Desktop / Power BI Service / Power BI mobile for rich dashboards.
Regards,
Yoshihiro Kawabata
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