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I think they are implying apple can’t control the sensitivity of third party tools across the board, so it’s up to chrome to figure out how to protect your brow
by codezero 6y ago
I think they are implying apple can’t control the sensitivity of third party tools across the board, so it’s up to chrome to figure out how to protect your browsing history, and they need to improve their file system layout or APIs to protect their users.
- boogies 6y ago>third party tools >it’s up to chrome https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25267165 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25267165: > ~/Library/Safari/LocalStorage because Safari names the files in this directory according to the web sites that you visit! [emphasis added]
- codezero 6y agoZing, thanks for pointing that out.
- saagarjha 6y agoSafari uses APIs to protect its data directory that isn’t made available to third-party apps.
- EricE 6y agoAnd those aren't good enough as he was able to bypass them with ls - command line tool ran without privilege inside of a sandboxed app. This is a serious issue for data leakage.