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Re:A Grad Student Found Spyware That Could Control Anybody’s... by tonyplee on Monday December 05, 2016 @08:14AM (#13105103)
If Android/IOS can be modified such that all apps are always place under docker style container/VM, would it help?
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Re:A Grad Student Found Spyware That Could Control Anybody’s... by LiveOverflow on Monday December 05, 2016 @10:48AM (#13106142)
a kernel exploit doesn't help you much with a docker style container. Also docker is not a VM. And iOS/Android are already way better with sandboxing than our desktop environments.
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Re:A Grad Student Found Spyware That Could Control Anybody’s... by tonyplee on Monday December 05, 2016 @12:26PM (#13107147)
For Kernel exploit, probably be true.

If one becomes root in a docker container, the worst damage it can do is to that container's files. That is better the current "sandboxing" in iOS/Android setup, true?

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