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Contracts are a very interesting idea security-wise. Traditionally you go through a file system or the Internet where apps can access anything, and so you get
by Rusky 15y ago
Contracts are a very interesting idea security-wise.
Traditionally you go through a file system or the Internet where apps can access anything, and so you get Android-style permissions that everyone ignores.
With contracts, you go through the user's already-necessary actions, and (I don't know about Windows 8's implementation, but it's definitely possible) you get exactly what you need, no more and no less.
Capability-based security is finally going mainstream.
- varunsrin 15y agoYeah, its an interesting way of ensuring security (apps only share out information they want to share) and cross-app compatibility (any platform can now support sharing of simple data from any other platform, without needing to use custom app API's)
- te_chris 15y agoYeah this is really interesting, I can see some really cool possibilities for media applications depending on how it's implemented and what sort of data transfer latency the contracts incur.