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The explanation does actually derive from a security concern. Apps are sandboxed on the file system, so they can't access the cache. If apps were given access t
by wzdd 16y ago
The explanation does actually derive from a security concern. Apps are sandboxed on the file system, so they can't access the cache. If apps were given access to the shared cache, they could pollute it.
Of course there are plenty of ways that Apple could address this problem, just as there are plenty of ways that Apple could address the non-executable pages problem.
- zmmmmm 16y agoIf it's a security concern then it's a very strange one. Apps are certainly sandboxed, but they've always been able to access their own files before. And this offline cache has been working for a long time. It's a very strange thing if they suddenly claim this is a security problem now.