Malware Found in the Ubuntu Snap Store

Re:Malware Found in the Ubuntu Snap Store by solomatov on Saturday May 12, 2018 @03:31PM (#17055612)

Yes, I understand that there're people in the community who try to fix the problems. But it's really unfortunate, that Canonical tells us that it's secure whereas it's not: https://snapcraft.io/

>Snaps are containerised software packages that are simple to create and install. They auto-update and are safe to run. And because they bundle their dependencies, they work on all major Linux systems without modification.

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Re:Malware Found in the Ubuntu Snap Store by matthewbauer on Saturday May 12, 2018 @04:55PM (#17055959)

From what I gather, Snappy is mostly a marketing gimmick by Canonical. If you want to packages apps, you should use something like FlatPak or AppImage.

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Re:Malware Found in the Ubuntu Snap Store by solomatov on Saturday May 12, 2018 @07:34PM (#17056572)

Do you know whether they more secure than snaps? I like the idea of running whatever I want on my hardware without compromising security very much.

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