On Aug 6, 2012, at 9:23 PM, Jason Smith wrote:
> Hi Lucas,
> 
> Responses below:
> 
> (a) I think will be solved by 
> https://github.com/mozilla-b2g/gaia/issues/2831. Desktop has already 
> implemented this. Android is currently working on support for that as well.
> 

I think that github issue seems like a reasonable solution from a security 
standpoint.

> (b) Back in the day in desktop discussions, I think the conclusion we came to 
> is that falls on the fault of the web developer if they make this mistake, 
> not us.
> 
> Also - A while back when we implemented a rule in desktop saying that "all 
> links that go outside of the app origin content go to the browser" we 
> received backlash from some of the app developers, as they wanted to be able 
> to use off-origin authentication in their web application.
> 
> So I guess I have this question - Can a web developer make use of off-origin 
> authentication (e.g. google accounts, mozilla persona) in a packaged 
> application? Or generally - would there ever be a need to support off-origin 
> content within a web app such as auth mentioned before?

Other platforms with native apps seems to have solved this by loading a 
separate window that the user authenticates through, then which returns control 
to the app when complete.   Seems like we could support the same pattern?

> One last note - In desktop/android (soon with Firefox OS support) as well we 
> go to the browser with general untrusted web apps when a target=blank is 
> clicked. Does that rule apply to packaged apps as well?

That seems like reasonable behavior for packaged apps as well.
Thanks!
  Lucas.


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