glibg10b@lemmy.ml to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoProtecting me by limiting my actions is insultinglemmy.mlimagemessage-square42fedilinkarrow-up1203arrow-down140
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minus-squareNusm@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down3·1 year agoBut…… if you’re allowed to install into the downloads folder, then it wouldn’t be unused and empty…… ? Is this Schrödinger’s file system?
minus-squareIlliterate Domine@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoOP isn’t trying to install into the downloads folder; they’re trying to grant an app access to the downloads folder to read and write data.
minus-squareNusm@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 year agoBut… if they write data into that folder, it wouldn’t be unused and empty… ? Maybe I’m misunderstanding something here?
minus-squareglibg10b@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoAn app can’t steal sensitive information from itself
But…… if you’re allowed to install into the downloads folder, then it wouldn’t be unused and empty…… ?
Is this Schrödinger’s file system?
OP isn’t trying to install into the downloads folder; they’re trying to grant an app access to the downloads folder to read and write data.
But… if they write data into that folder, it wouldn’t be unused and empty… ?
Maybe I’m misunderstanding something here?
An app can’t steal sensitive information from itself