@IverCoder@lemm.ee to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish • 11 months agoIf only more Linux programs followed sandboxing best practices...i.imgur.comimagemessage-square94fedilinkarrow-up1571
arrow-up1571imageIf only more Linux programs followed sandboxing best practices...i.imgur.com@IverCoder@lemm.ee to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish • 11 months agomessage-square94fedilink
minus-square@SuperIce@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish11•11 months agoEven if I trust the app, it may have security bugs. Still better to have it sandboxed.
minus-square@IverCoder@lemm.eeOPlinkfedilinkEnglish3•edit-211 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-square@lukas@lemmy.haigner.melinkfedilink3•11 months agoSoftware supply chain attacks exist, you know?
minus-square@mdurell@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink1•11 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.
Well, no matter how I trust my photo editing app, it has no business accessing my thesis documents. Proper filesystem sandboxing does security properly.
Software supply chain attacks exist, you know?
I would argue this is only for apps you CAN trust. Bad actors gonna act badly.