▲ 144 ▼ Signal AppImage now officially available for Linux (aboutsignal.com) submitted 4 months ago by cm0002@lemdro.id to c/linux@programming.dev 23 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] lukalix98@programming.dev 7 points 4 months ago (3 children) Flatpaks can be unsafe too though. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] AudaciousArmadillo@piefed.blahaj.zone 7 points 4 months ago Same goes for .debs from Debian stable. There is no absolute safety. But downloading unsigned code from a random website is far down the safe list. permalink fedilink source parent [–] spectrums_coherence@piefed.social 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) AppImage defended and used grossly outdated core component like FUSE2 for a long time, and comes with zero sandboxing by default. IMO, flatpak needs to improve in terms of security, but it is a strict improvement over AppImage. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Marija_@programming.dev 3 points 4 months ago I still prefer repositories, but official AppImages beat unofficial downloads. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AudaciousArmadillo@piefed.blahaj.zone 7 points 4 months ago Same goes for .debs from Debian stable. There is no absolute safety. But downloading unsigned code from a random website is far down the safe list. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] spectrums_coherence@piefed.social 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) AppImage defended and used grossly outdated core component like FUSE2 for a long time, and comes with zero sandboxing by default. IMO, flatpak needs to improve in terms of security, but it is a strict improvement over AppImage. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Marija_@programming.dev 3 points 4 months ago I still prefer repositories, but official AppImages beat unofficial downloads. permalink fedilink source parent