glibg10b to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish • 7 months agoProtecting me by limiting my actions is insultinglemmy.mlimagemessage-square50fedilinkarrow-up1237arrow-down156
arrow-up1181arrow-down1imageProtecting me by limiting my actions is insultinglemmy.mlglibg10b to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish • 7 months agomessage-square50fedilink
minus-squareNusmlinkfedilinkEnglish7•7 months 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 DominelinkEnglish2•7 months 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-squareNusmlinkfedilinkEnglish-1•7 months agoBut… if they write data into that folder, it wouldn’t be unused and empty… ? Maybe I’m misunderstanding something here?
minus-squareglibg10bOPlinkfedilinkEnglish2•7 months 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