Remotely Defining Security Data for Authorization of Local Application Activity

A computer program product, encoded on a computer-readable medium, operable to cause data processing apparatus to perform operations comprising:

• retrieving a permission indicator from a persistent storage device, the permission indicator associated with a protected activity;
• associating the permission indicator with an instruction, the instruction associated with the protected activity;
• and
• providing the permission indicator to a remote device, wherein the remote device is operable to:
• determine that the protected activity is permitted based, at least in part, on the permission indicator;
• and
• execute the instruction, wherein executing the instruction comprises performing the protected activity.

A system comprising:

• a persistent storage device;
• and
• one or more processors operable to interact with the persistent storage device and to:
• retrieve a permissions data structure from the persistent storage device, the permissions data structure comprising at least one permission indicator, the at least one permission indicator associated with at least one protected activity;
• associate the permissions data structure with a sequence of instructions;
• assemble a transmission comprising the sequence of instructions and the permissions data structure;
• and
• provide the transmission to a remote device, wherein the remote device is operable to:
• determine that a first protected activity is prohibited based, at least in part, on the at least one permission indicator;
• and
• execute the sequence of instructions, wherein executing the sequence of instructions comprises blocking the first protected activity.