Ubuntu
webbrowser-app package

Web browser sharing cookies with webapps

Bug #1193296 reported by Toby Kurien
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This bug affects 2 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
webbrowser-app
In Progress
High
Olivier Tilloy
webbrowser-app (Ubuntu)
In Progress
High
Olivier Tilloy

Bug Description

When I log into a webapp (e.g. Facebook), I expect it to keep it's local data (cookies and local storage) separate to the web browser app (for privacy and security, just like native apps do). Currently, webapps share local data with the web browser.

How to reproduce:
- Open Facebook webapp
- Sign-in
- Close Facebook webapp
- Open web browser
- Access facebook.com
- Web browser displays facebook news feed

Expected:
- web browser should show facebook login page

Environment:
HARDWARE=grouper
JENKINS_BUILD=saucy-16
UBUNTU=ubuntu-touch-saucy-armhf
ubuntu/platform-api=:69
hybris=0.1.0+git20130606+c5d897a-0ubuntu2

Tags: grouper
Revision history for this message
Olivier Tilloy (osomon) wrote :

I believe QtWebKit uses QStandardPaths::StandardLocation to determine where to write data on disk, so setting QCoreApplication::applicationName to a unique value for each web application should do the trick.

Changed in webbrowser-app:
status: New → Confirmed
Revision history for this message
Bill Filler (bfiller) wrote :

I believe work is in progress on this to use unique value for each value

Changed in webbrowser-app:
importance: Undecided → High
status: Confirmed → In Progress
Changed in webbrowser-app (Ubuntu):
status: New → In Progress
importance: Undecided → High
Changed in webbrowser-app:
assignee: nobody → Olivier Tilloy (osomon)
Changed in webbrowser-app (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Olivier Tilloy (osomon)
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