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Re:Ubuntu 23.10’s New Software App Will Demote Debs (Apparen... by goodpoint on Thursday July 06, 2023 @06:41PM (#36624257)
The sandbox is not going to protect users from spyware telemetries, bad security for the application itself, ads, and so on.
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Re:Ubuntu 23.10’s New Software App Will Demote Debs (Apparen... by amelius on Friday July 07, 2023 @04:32AM (#36628908)
Yes, but right now my smartphone is more secure wrt apps than my desktop, which is odd.
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Re:Ubuntu 23.10’s New Software App Will Demote Debs (Apparen... by goodpoint on Friday July 07, 2023 @06:30AM (#36629689)
No, you can use a security oriented distribution, plus sandbox the applications you use.
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Re:Ubuntu 23.10’s New Software App Will Demote Debs (Apparen... by fsflover on Friday July 07, 2023 @05:37AM (#36629321)
> The sandbox is not going to protect users from ... bad security for the application itself

Your other data, in other sandboxes, is protected though.

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Re:Ubuntu 23.10’s New Software App Will Demote Debs (Apparen... by goodpoint on Friday July 07, 2023 @06:29AM (#36629683)
Sure, but that's far from enough.
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Re:Ubuntu 23.10’s New Software App Will Demote Debs (Apparen... by fsflover on Friday July 07, 2023 @06:35AM (#36629722)
This is almost the only working security approach: security by compartmentalization.
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Re:Ubuntu 23.10’s New Software App Will Demote Debs (Apparen... by goodpoint on Tuesday July 11, 2023 @07:08AM (#36679297)
Not at all, it's not enough.
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