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Re:I switched to Linux after using Windows for 10 years by wdqwfdqwfqwf on Thursday October 15, 2020 @12:38PM (#24790572)
Indeed, Desktop-Linux doesn't offer much in terms of security.

APIs to restrict applications accessing your user data? Sandboxing for GUI applications? A secure GUI path, i.e., something where you can trust that this kind of window is not malicious software but your OS? Biometrics? (making non-techies into using some authentication at all)

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Re:I switched to Linux after using Windows for 10 years by 29athrowaway on Thursday October 15, 2020 @12:47PM (#24790685)
Try AppArmor profiles. May not cover everything on your list but offers pretty decent security.
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Re:I switched to Linux after using Windows for 10 years by SomeoneFromCA on Thursday October 15, 2020 @01:46PM (#24791441)
Gnome 3.38 AFAIK has biometrics support.
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