Re:Flatpak: A security nightmare – two years later
by smileybarry on Friday October 02, 2020 @07:01PM
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> They are sandboxed, but rightly Gimp has access to your whole filesystem because that is what people who install it expect.
They can be sandboxed, but that doesn't mean every Flatpak package should be labelled "Sandboxed". Especially if said app isn't actually sandboxed and has full filesystem access.
They can be sandboxed, but that doesn't mean every Flatpak package should be labelled "Sandboxed". Especially if said app isn't actually sandboxed and has full filesystem access.