alt Hacker News> But the filesystem access to read/write the db files creates a path to bypass half of that application.
Is there any local/native application for which this is not true?
> But the filesystem access to read/write the db files creates a path to bypass half of that application.
Is there any local/native application for which this is not true?
With a permissions system that’s meant to enforce security? I hope not.
I’m not a FoxPro user and so maybe these are single-user/single-host installs, where the user can only destroy their own data, and permissions are a pretend feature. In which case, carry on.