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Despite the potential for "major" security and privacy risks, Google and Mozilla are working on a new API that would “allow web sites and apps to read, edit, save, auto-save, create and delete local files on a user's device, as well as to read meta-data about files.” Developers suggest it’s a necessary evil, as the current method for editing a local file in a web app, which involves downloading and replacing files, is rather impractical.
"There are both major privacy risks (websites getting access to private data they weren't supposed to have access to) as well as security risks (websites modifying executables, installing viruses, encrypting the user’s data and demanding ransoms, etc.). So great care will have to be taken to limit how much damage a website can do, and make sure a user understands what they are giving a website access to."
"There are both major privacy risks (websites getting access to private data they weren't supposed to have access to) as well as security risks (websites modifying executables, installing viruses, encrypting the user’s data and demanding ransoms, etc.). So great care will have to be taken to limit how much damage a website can do, and make sure a user understands what they are giving a website access to."