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The permissions mechanism.
by dotancohen 2mo ago
The permissions mechanism.
- inigyou 2mo agoHow can the permissions mechanism be fine grained enough to prevent bad random things, and coarse grained enough that you can understand it?
- dotancohen 2mo agoHave you seen AWS IAM? Power users who care about this don't need a GUI - a text file config in any format will do. Especially in this era of LLM assistance.
- lxgr 2mo agoRequesting site access by click or by URL really isn't rocket science. Not nearly every user will get it right, so extensions will probably still have to be monitored for malware for the foreseeable future, but it gives many users at least a chance at privilege minimization.
- feelamee 2mo agothis is not a solution. Running an untrusted software will always be a security drawback. Permissions/sandbox/etc can decrease risk, but not eliminate it
- lxgr 2mo agoSignificantly reducing the risk is enough for me in many cases. Chasing “zero risk” is often a fallacy.
- dotancohen 2mo agoExpressing intent is good enough for me for this purpose. I understand that there are additional implementation specific risks.