Protecting me by limiting my actions is insultingglibg10b@lemmy.ml to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.world – 199 points – 8 months ago52Post a CommentPreviewYou are viewing a single commentView all commentsShow the parent commentBut….. 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
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
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
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
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