glibg10b@lemmy.ml to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoProtecting me by limiting my actions is insultinglemmy.mlexternal-linkmessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squareNusm@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoBut…… if you’re allowed to install into the downloads folder, then it wouldn’t be unused and empty…… ? Is this Schrödinger’s file system?
minus-squareIlliterate Domine@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoOP isn’t trying to install into the downloads folder; they’re trying to grant an app access to the downloads folder to read and write data.
minus-squareNusm@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·1 year agoBut… if they write data into that folder, it wouldn’t be unused and empty… ? Maybe I’m misunderstanding something here?
But…… if you’re allowed to install into the downloads folder, then it wouldn’t be unused and empty…… ?
Is this Schrödinger’s file system?
OP isn’t trying to install into the downloads folder; they’re trying to grant an app access to the downloads folder to read and write data.
But… if they write data into that folder, it wouldn’t be unused and empty… ?
Maybe I’m misunderstanding something here?