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Valve removes free horror game from Steam after players discover it contains malware that steals your data (www.pcguide.com)

submitted 5 months ago by themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 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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[–] defaultusername@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 5 months ago

I believe so.

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[–] hirihit640@sh.itjust.works 1 point 5 months ago (1 child)

I think either Bazaar or GNOME software center does tell you if an app asks for more permissions, I forgot which one though

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[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 1 point 5 months ago

GNOME Software. That's not what I'm concerned about though.

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