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Re:New macOS malware steals info, including a user's entire ... by pcthrowaway on Saturday April 15, 2023 @11:40PM (#35587060)
> Linux any application also can read any user's file

Surely you mean any root application? Or is my understanding of the Linux security model completely incorrect?

> And in Chrome and Firefox, any extension can read browser history, capture key presses and so on

Also no, extensions have different privileges you must accept. There are lots of problems with that security model, but it doesn't any extension can do those things

Re:New macOS malware steals info, including a user's entire ... by silisili on Sunday April 16, 2023 @12:22AM (#35587244)
The default permissions are up to the distro(umask settings), but AFAIK most use 0644 by default, making every home folder readable by every user.