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by exe34 827 days ago
I'm pretty sure I did have to give permission for this to work, and my default instinct for such requests is to say no or close the page immediately, unless it's something I actively want, like in this case. I take your point though, I'd prefer that there were a whole other page I had to go to and enable something like this.

On the other hand, I've always hated how even something I've written for myself can be hobbled at the alter of security out of religious zeal. At one point you really couldn't access local files, although the orthodoxy has now shifted. I just wish it were easy to just point to a directory and say that's all you're getting, but do whatever you want in there.