On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 11:29 PM, Mark Hahn <[email protected]> wrote: > In general, running an app inside a page is no different that running any > other downloaded app on the desktop.
(I assume with "Page" you mean a Webpage inside the browser) It is very different in that you have to trust the downloaded app (aka software, program, etc) you run on your computer and that a browser generally never trusts the webpage it displays. Extensions/Apps for browsers are software you have to trust if you install them, even if you install them within the browser. The browser trusts them, as you did downloaded and installed them. You are the one that granted access to all of your local stuff. > What protection does a downloaded app > have that the browser couldn't have? The browser simply does not protect you if you use browser apps/extensions. One can read out all of your files with an browser extension/app you installed. Well, of curse, here and there the browser tries to protect you, but mostly in a way to ask for permission. And mostly they click "OK"... (BTW: All that App/Extension/Plugin marketing stuff makes it very fuzzy) -- Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ Posting guidelines: https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en
