1204558 - To have a few SMS encryption applications on the marketplace

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Firefox OS Graveyard :: Gaia, defect)

Description

[Simon]

After asking SMSSecure why their application was not available, turns out they don't have access to SMS/MMS API:
https://twitter.com/SMSSecure_/status/643302983032303616

The idea is to eventually have a few SMS encryption applications on the marketplace.


That's why the SMS API should be accessible with the crypto API.

Comment 1

[:gerard-majax]

Is there work ongoing to expose MobileMessage API to other apps than certified?

Comment 2

[Mossroy]

See https://wiki.mozilla.org/WebAPI/Security/SMS
"further integration for Web SMS access to privileged APIs is planned for the future", but that would need some controls to avoid some inherent threats of sending/receiving SMS

Comment 3

[Hsin-Yi Tsai (she/her) [:hsinyi]]

(In reply to Alexandre LISSY :gerard-majax from comment #1)
> Is there work ongoing to expose MobileMessage API to other apps than
> certified?

No. Per comment 2, there's a security model concern. If there's a specific need, we need to investigate the use case and see how we could support that.

Comment 4

[dattaz]

Per comment 1 we have a specific need :)
> The idea is to eventually have a few SMS encryption applications on the
> marketplace.

Comment 5

[[:fabrice] Fabrice Desré]

I think we could rather expose the ability for WebExtensions to intercept some APIs calls, like webRequest let extensions intercept http requests. I haven't though about details for this kind of api yet though.

Comment 6

[Hsin-Yi Tsai (she/her) [:hsinyi]]

(In reply to [:fabrice] Fabrice Desré from comment #5)
> I think we could rather expose the ability for WebExtensions to intercept
> some APIs calls, like webRequest let extensions intercept http requests. I
> haven't though about details for this kind of api yet though.

I've also thought of the similar idea.

Comment 7

[Hsin-Yi Tsai (she/her) [:hsinyi]]

Change the bug title to better fit the requirement

Comment 8

[BMO Automation]

Firefox OS is not being worked on