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GoogleChrome is failing to save files directly tonetwork attached storage(NAS) andcloud backupdrives, multiple reports have claimed.
Aninitial bug reportin January 2023 reported that the 32-bit Windows version of Chrome 109 was hitting a “can’t open this file” error when trying to save files using a universal naming convention (UNC) path, with the error claiming that the issue is that the save destination folder “contains system files”.
However, in testingbug demo codefrom another report,The Registeralso ran into the issue while trying to open a Dropbox file on the Arm64 version of Chrome 109 running on macOS. It also noted that competingbrowsers, likeMozilla Firefoxand the Chromium-basedMicrosoft Edge, were saving files to network locations fine.
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The issue is rooted in theshowOpenFilePicker()method inGoogle’s File System Access API, an effort to allow web apps to access local files and directories.
The API, introduced in its current form in 2019, comes as part of the tech giant’sProject Fugu, an initiative hoping to give web apps the same permissions as native platform apps in the wake ofApple’s own tendency to neuter its flagship browser, the Webkit-basedSafari, which isoften pronetosecurity issues.
Alternate,privacy-focussed browsers have been available onAppledevices for some time, with the option to set a default other thanSafaricoming in September 2020 as part of iOS 14.
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As a result, Project Fugu’s separate sound like a great way to open up an Apple device in the face of Apple’s tight grip on the applications it wants users to run, even in the face ofconsternation from the European Union.
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The Register is reporting that Google has bumped fixing the issue to a priority as part of the release of the stable version of Chrome 110 on the last day of January 2023, quoting an engineer from the company as stating “blocking UNC paths broke a number of legitimate use cases.”
Luke Hughes holds the role of Staff Writer at TechRadar Pro, producing news, features and deals content across topics ranging from computing to cloud services, cybersecurity, data privacy and business software.
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