This commit introduces native operating system file dialogs in the
desktop application replacing the existing web-based dialogs.
It lays the foundation for future enhancements such as:
- Providing error messages when saving or executing files, addressing
#264.
- Creating system restore points, addressing #50.
Documentation updates:
- Update `desktop-vs-web-features.md` with added functionality.
- Update `README.md` with security feature highlights.
- Update home page documentation to emphasize security features.
Other supporting changes include:
- Integrate IPC communication channels for secure Electron dialog API
interactions.
- Refactor `IpcRegistration` for more type-safety and simplicity.
- Introduce a Vue hook to encapsulate dialog functionality.
- Improve errors during IPC registration for easier troubleshooting.
- Move `ClientLoggerFactory` for consistency in hooks organization and
remove `LoggerFactory` interface for simplicity.
- Add tests for the save file dialog in the browser context.
- Add `Blob` polyfill in tests to compensate for the missing
`blob.text()` function in `jsdom` (see jsdom/jsdom#2555).
Improve environment detection logic:
- Treat test environment as browser environments to correctly activate
features based on the environment. This resolves issues where the
environment is misidentified as desktop, but Electron preloader APIs
are missing.
- Rename `isDesktop` environment identification variable to
`isRunningAsDesktopApplication` for better clarity and to avoid
confusion with desktop environments in web/browser/test environments.
- Simplify `BrowserRuntimeEnvironment` to consistently detect
non-desktop application environments.
- Improve environment detection for Electron main process
(electron/electron#2288).
This commit addresses an issue in the privacy.sexy desktop application
where scripts executed as administrator on Windows were running in the
background. This was observed in environments like Windows Pro VMs on
Azure, where operations typically run with administrative privileges.
Previously, the application used the `"$path"` shell command to execute
scripts. This mechanism failed to activate the logic for requesting
admin privileges if the app itself was running as an administrator.
To resolve this, the script execution process has been modified to
explicitly ask for administrator privileges using the `VerbAs` method.
This ensures that the script always runs in a new `cmd.exe` window,
enhancing visibility and user interaction.
Other supporting changes:
- Rename the generated script file from `run-{timestamp}-{extension}` er
to `{timestamp}-privacy-script-{extension}` for clearer identification
and better file sorting.
- Refactor `ScriptFileCreator` to parameterize file extension and
script name.
- Rename `OsTimestampedFilenameGenerator` to
`TimestampedFilenameGenerator` to better reflect its new and more
scoped functionality after refactoring mentioned abvoe.
- Remove `setAppName()` due to ineffective behavior in Windows.
- Update `SECURITY.md` to highlight that the app doesn't require admin
rights for standard operations.
- Add `.editorconfig` settings for PowerShell scripts.
- Add a integration test for script execution logic. Improve environment
detection for more reliable test execution.
- Disable application logging during unit/integration tests to keep test
outputs clean and focused.
This commit fixes an issue seen on certain Windows environments (Windows
10 22H2 and 11 23H2 Pro Azure VMs) where scripts were being deleted
during execution due to temporary directory usage. To resolve this,
scripts are now stored in a persistent directory, enhancing reliability
for long-running scripts and improving auditability along with
troubleshooting.
Key changes:
- Move script execution logic to the `main` process from `preloader` to
utilize Electron's `app.getPath`.
- Improve runtime environment detection for non-browser environments to
allow its usage in Electron main process.
- Introduce a secure module to expose IPC channels from the main process
to the renderer via the preloader process.
Supporting refactorings include:
- Simplify `CodeRunner` interface by removing the `tempScriptFolderName`
parameter.
- Rename `NodeSystemOperations` to `NodeElectronSystemOperations` as it
now wraps electron APIs too, and convert it to class for simplicity.
- Rename `TemporaryFileCodeRunner` to `ScriptFileCodeRunner` to reflect
its new functinoality.
- Rename `SystemOperations` folder to `System` for simplicity.
- Rename `HostRuntimeEnvironment` to `BrowserRuntimeEnvironment` for
clarity.
- Refactor main Electron process configuration to align with latest
Electron documentation/recommendations.
- Refactor unit tests `BrowserRuntimeEnvironment` to simplify singleton
workaround.
- Use alias imports like `electron/main` and `electron/common` for
better clarity.
This commit improves the handling of paths with spaces or special
characters during script execution in the desktop application.
Key improvements:
- Paths are now quoted for macOS/Linux, addressing issues with
whitespace or single quotes.
- Windows paths are enclosed in double quotes to handle special
characters.
Other supporting changes:
- Add more documentation for terminal execution commands.
- Refactor terminal script file execution into a dedicated file for
improved separation of concerns.
- Refactor naming of `RuntimeEnvironment` to align with naming
conventions (no interface with I prefix) and for clarity.
- Refactor `TemporaryFileCodeRunner` to simplify it by removing the `os`
parameter and handling OS-specific logic within the filename generator
instead.
- Refactor `fileName` to `filename` for consistency.
Improve script execution in the desktop app by introducing timestamped
filenames and detailed logging. These changes aim to facilitate easier
debugging, auditing and overall better user experience.
Key changes:
- Add timestamps in filenames for temporary files to aid in
troubleshooting and auditing.
- Add application logging throughout the script execution process to
enhance troubleshooting capabilities.
Other supporting changes:
- Refactor `TemporaryFileCodeRunner` with subfunctions for improved
readability, maintenance, reusability and extensibility.
- Refactor unit tests for `TemporaryFileCodeRunner` for improved
granularity and simplicity.
- Create centralized definition of supported operating systems by
privacy.sexy to ensure robust and consistent test case creation.
- Simplify the `runCode` method by removing the file extension
parameter; now handled internally by `FileNameGenerator`.
This commit enhances application security against potential attacks by
isolating dependencies that access the host system (like file
operations) from the renderer process. It narrows the exposed
functionality to script execution only, adding an extra security layer.
The changes allow secure and scalable API exposure, preparing for future
functionalities such as desktop notifications for script errors (#264),
improved script execution handling (#296), and creating restore points
(#50) in a secure and repeatable way.
Changes include:
- Inject `CodeRunner` into Vue components via dependency injection.
- Move `CodeRunner` to the application layer as an abstraction for
better domain-driven design alignment.
- Refactor `SystemOperations` and related interfaces, removing the `I`
prefix.
- Update architecture documentation for clarity.
- Update return types in `NodeSystemOperations` to match the Node APIs.
- Improve `WindowVariablesProvider` integration tests for better error
context.
- Centralize type checks with common functions like `isArray` and
`isNumber`.
- Change `CodeRunner` to use `os` parameter, ensuring correct window
variable injection.
- Streamline API exposure to the renderer process:
- Automatically bind function contexts to prevent loss of original
context.
- Implement a way to create facades (wrapper/proxy objects) for
increased security.
These updates ensure better adherence to Vue 3 standards and improve
overall code quality and readability.
- Update ESLint configuration from Vue 2.x to Vue 3 rules.
- Switch from "essential" to strictest "recommended" ESLint ruleset.
- Adjust ESLint script to treat warnings as errors by using
`--max-warnings=0` flag. This enforces stricter code quality controls
provided by Vue 3 rules.
This commit applies `strictNullChecks` to the entire codebase to improve
maintainability and type safety. Key changes include:
- Remove some explicit null-checks where unnecessary.
- Add necessary null-checks.
- Refactor static factory functions for a more functional approach.
- Improve some test names and contexts for better debugging.
- Add unit tests for any additional logic introduced.
- Refactor `createPositionFromRegexFullMatch` to its own function as the
logic is reused.
- Prefer `find` prefix on functions that may return `undefined` and
`get` prefix for those that always return a value.
This commit improves the dependency injection mechanism by introducing a
custom `injectKey` function.
Key improvements are:
- Enforced type consistency during dependency registration and
instantiation.
- Simplified injection process, abstracting away the complexity with a
uniform API, regardless of the dependency's lifetime.
- Eliminated the possibility of `undefined` returns during dependency
injection, promoting fail-fast behavior.
- Removed the necessity for type casting to `symbol` for injection keys
in unit tests by using existing types.
- Consalidated imports, combining keys and injection functions in one
`import` statement.
This commit fixes the bug where the "Copy" button does not copy when
clicked on download instructions modal (on Linux and macOS).
This commit also introduces several improvements to the UI components
related to copy action and their interaction with the clipboard feature.
It adds more tests to avoid regression of the bugs and improves
maintainability, testability and adherence to Vue's reactive principles.
Changes include:
- Fix non-responsive copy button in the download instructions modal by
triggering a `click` event in `AppIcon.vue`.
- Improve `TheCodeButtons.vue`:
- Remove redundant `getCurrentCode` function.
- Separate components for each button for better separation of
concerns and higher testability.
- Use the `gap` property in the flexbox layout, replacing the less
explicit sibling combinator approach.
- Add `useClipboard` compositional hook for more idiomatic Vue approach
to interacting with the clipboard.
- Add `useCurrentCode` compositional hook to handle current code state
more effectively with unified logic.
- Abstract clipboard operations to an interface to isolate
responsibilities.
- Switch clipboard implementation to the `navigator.clipboard` API,
moving away from the deprecated `document.execCommand`.
- Move clipboard logic to the presentation layer to conform to
separation of concerns and domain-driven design principles.
- Improve `IconButton.vue` component to increase reusability with
consistent sizing.
