IverCoder@lemm.ee to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · 10 months agoIf only more Linux programs followed sandboxing best practices...i.imgur.comimagemessage-square94fedilinkarrow-up1570arrow-down132
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minus-squareSuperIce@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·10 months agoEven if I trust the app, it may have security bugs. Still better to have it sandboxed.
minus-squareFedora@lemmy.haigner.melinkfedilinkarrow-up3·10 months agoSoftware supply chain attacks exist, you know?
minus-squareIverCoder@lemm.eeOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-210 months agoWell, no matter how I trust my photo editing app, it has no business accessing my thesis documents. Proper filesystem sandboxing does security properly.
minus-squaremdurell@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 months agoI would argue this is only for apps you CAN trust. Bad actors gonna act badly.
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Even if I trust the app, it may have security bugs. Still better to have it sandboxed.
Software supply chain attacks exist, you know?
Well, no matter how I trust my photo editing app, it has no business accessing my thesis documents. Proper filesystem sandboxing does security properly.
I would argue this is only for apps you CAN trust. Bad actors gonna act badly.