• @dingus@lemmy.world
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    51 year ago

    I think they maybe have to be approved first so that people aren’t updating their apps with something malicious

      • @burak@lemmy.world
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        91 year ago

        No. The browser (which is the runtime that pwas use) is already a very limited environment with little to access to the system - and if the app wants to access something potentially sensitive, then the browser asks for permission. Even then it doesn’t have access to nearly anything that a native app can access.

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        1 year ago

        That’s a good question. I’m not entirely sure of the answer to that. I suppose in a way it could be less secure because the dev could just decide to one day make the wefwef.app url into a malicious link. But at the same time, I don’t think a browser is granted as many permissions by default.

        Using the Google Play Store as an example, there are still incredibly sketchy/suspicious apps on there even though they are approved by Google.