Re:Snap, Flatpak and AppImage, package formats compared
by sjellis on Monday October 15, 2018 @03:18AM
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> I don't have a security problem with my Linux Desktop as of right now.
Matthew Garrett (who does internal Linux desktop security at Google) gave a great talk at GUADEC about the current state of Linux desktops: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUa-nnjjQcc
TLDR: It's not good. User-level processes have free, unrestricted access to all of your data, unless you use Wayland and desktop containerization.
Matthew Garrett (who does internal Linux desktop security at Google) gave a great talk at GUADEC about the current state of Linux desktops: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUa-nnjjQcc
TLDR: It's not good. User-level processes have free, unrestricted access to all of your data, unless you use Wayland and desktop containerization.