Re: [w3c/manifest] User-approved permissions (#967)

One would rather say that PWAs are websites that pretend to be Web Applications but aren't yet, because the browser lacks the features that would be necessary for having real Web Applications, such as a better security model than the actual browser sandbox, which locks the user into the cloud.

The browser sandbox is indeed a double-edged sword: it protects the computer from invasion, but at the same times, it creates the conditions for an insecure javascript runtime with no user control within the sandbox, while also forbidding developers and users to securely access local resources and to use web technologies for local computing.

The problem is that for many decades, the security model of browsers has been placed between the browser and the computer, and not between the browser and the internet.

We are striving to build web technologies that are transparent and secure for the users and allow developers to enhance the user's local computing without compromising local privacy and security.

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