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Re:Got an old Raspberry Pi spare? Try RISC OS. It is, someth... by wolrah on Friday May 03, 2024 @12:13AM (#40243960)
> Like, installing or updating software is the same permission tier as accessing another user’s documents, wtf?

To some extent, yes. If I can install software of my own choosing on basically any normal desktop OS that will appear to other users of the system as "LibreOffice", "Firefox", etc. then I more or less have access to all their data.

MacOS is starting to sandbox applications but not by a lot, and of course Windows Store sandboxed apps are more or less dead in the water.

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Re:Got an old Raspberry Pi spare? Try RISC OS. It is, someth... by pjmlp on Friday May 03, 2024 @01:54AM (#40244541)
Do not mix Windows Store (UWP) sandboxes, with Windows sandbox, which not only is pretty much alive, is making its way across Windows 11 updates since last year.

Check "Windows 11 Security", "App Isolation", "Sandbox", "Standard User", "Pluton".

https://github.com/dwizzzle/Presentations/blob/master/David%...

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