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Valve removes free horror game from Steam after players discover it contains malware that steals your data (www.pcguide.com)
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[–] 131 points 5 months ago (9 children)

Every program ideally should be in a sandbox and if it wants permission to access something it should have to ask for it.

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  • [–] 62 points 5 months ago (7 children)

    Kind of like Android or iOS.

    Flatpak tries to accomplish this on Desktop, and it works, but isn't as comprehensive as something like Android or iOS.

    On the extreme side, there is QubesOS, which runs every app in a dedicated virtual machine, including the networking stack.

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  • [–] 8 points 5 months ago (3 children)

    Flatpak also doesn't ask for permissions. If an app requires a new one does it just add it upon update?

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    I've never seen a flatpak prompt me for permissions. If it needs something it didn't have it just silently fails for me and I have to guess what permission it needed manually using flatseal. Is that normal or am I setup wrong?

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