On 13-10-25 06:43 AM, Michael Zanetti wrote: <snip> >> In short, your use case falls into the category of 'backup software' and >> backup software is not supported by the appstore at this time. > > > Just to add some more unsupported use cases: > > * A Music downloader
That's supported with the "music_files" policy group. > * An alternative Camera app that allows making funny pictures like the google > hangout toolbox That's supported with the "picture_files" policy group. > * An office suite Wouldn't an office suite store it's files in its own directory? > * An app like the Parrot AR.Drone controller wouldn't be able to store > pictures taken with the drone's camera in a place where a user can ever find > it > again. That's supported with the "picture_files" policy group. > I personally think this should be considered higher priority than after > 14.10. > Also I don't really see why allowing access to arbitrary subfolders in $HOME > (granted by policy ofc) is more problematic than allowing access to location, > address book, microphone or camera. It's not more problematic, but it currently leads to a manual review process because allowing an app to access all the user's files is security-sensitive and defeats being able to install and trust arbitrary applications from the store. In the future, I hope we'll be able to remove the manual review process step by adding appropriate content providers for those items that will prompt the user on first access. > > A policy "write_pictures" that gives write access to $HOME/Pictures doesn't > sound like the end of security to me. > We have that already, it's called "picture_files". Marc. -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone Post to : ubuntu-phone@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
