Comment by streptomycin

6 hours ago

So what should I do if I want to make an app with this functionality? Do I have to tell users to download and run some executable? You can imagine a case where that is a bit riskier than a nicely sandboxed web app with permission to access one directory.

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danaris  3 hours ago

> Do I have to tell users to download and run some executable?

Well, yes.

The alternative is to give any malicious ad the ability to drive-by-download malware onto your machine.

  • modeless  2 hours ago

    Did you miss that this has been shipped in Chrome for 6 years? How many drive-by-download viruses has your machine gotten since then? Zero for me...