On Wed, 29 Jan 2020 at 21:39, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
>
> >>> pg_stat_statements
>
> Mmm, I'm not convinced --- the ability to see what statements are being
> executed in other sessions (even other databases) is something that
> paranoid installations might not be so happy about. Our previous
> discussions about what privilege level is needed to look at
> pg_stat_statements info were all made against a background assumption
> that you needed some extra privilege to set up the view in the first
> place. I think that would need another look or two before being
> comfortable that we're not shifting the goal posts too far.
>
> The bigger picture here is that I don't want to get push-back that
> we've broken somebody's security posture by marking too many extensions
> trusted. So for anything where there's any question about security
> implications, we should err in the conservative direction of leaving
> it untrusted.
>
+1
I wonder if the same could be said about pgrowlocks.
Regards,
Dean
