This is a concern, but not as much as you would think, because we are going to limit what we are going to send back to the server. Also, we have a dedicated team that will do a audit of the security/privacy implications because any company application goes live.

I am not a developer, but infact part of IT security team. And this is the reason, why I had not gone ahead with any development, despite having this idea for more than a year, because I don't have a proper solution.

* blacksmith_tb 10 minutes ago | parent | context | on: Local-First Web Development

Hmm, I would think browser sandboxing is going to make that hard. If you have local admin rights, you might be able to make a shell script to grep through the logfiles and generate an html page as its output, which you could open in the browser? I would imagine your IT / SecOps folks would not be excited about that data being sent off the device.*

There are two problems to it, which I see. I want my usecase to be solved for managed as well as BYOD devices. And these BYOD devices are managed by the IT teams of different partners we work with. And they have their own security softwares and restrictions. Firstly, we cannot convince them to install a desktop application in their company managed machine. Secondly, a desktop application has a high probability of getting blocked compared to a web-app.

Also, a web-app is in general a better user experience when compared to a desktop app, in this scenario. Because it is easier for the user to launch and use.

I know I am asking for too much. But I have not lost hope that somewhere out there, there might be a solution.

I am open to ideas.

Embed an icon to your software, pin to taskbar or the system tray. User clicks icon -> large, non-minimizable popup window appears, gets users attention -> 'generate report?' -> Yes or No button.

Much better than having the user type some URL. They'll remember the icon but not the URL. Two mouse clicks, no keyboard needed.