On 12/16/2015 11:12 AM, David Flanagan wrote:
> I'm still not sure I get this part:
>
> However, I'm fine with using
> 3rd party apps to get visualization & analysis of my data. That means
> pulling their code to run it on my data, instead of pushing my data to
> them. Also, that means getting the code to run in a sandbox that doesn't
> leak back to the 3rd party.
>
> It sounds like what you're describing is downloading software and
> installing it locally, just like we used to do before the Web. But
> you're also adding a sandbox so that these third party apps can't
> communicate over the internet (just like the apps in the days before the
> internet). Is the privacy sandbox the thing that is new here? (And is
> that what we have now with locally-installed packaged apps that have
> device storage permission?)
Indeed, before the web we had more control as users but it was much
harder to reach users for developers. The web changed that for the
better from a developer point of view, at the expense of user's control
over its data in general. The sandbox is an way to reconcile both
worlds. It's hard to imagine that you can guarantee strong privacy
without strong sandboxing or high trust in general.
> Sandboxed apps like this presumably can't be supported by advertising.
> So an app ecosystem would have to involve users actually paying for
> their software, right?
That's an option, yes. But easy payment on the web is still an unsolved
problem which is hurting it a lot compared to native silos, so if we can
make progress on that topic that's a win. However I'm not sure why these
apps could not use advertising too - their UI will be displayed in a
browser anyway.
Fabrice
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Fabrice Desré
b2g team
Mozilla Corporation
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