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One thing I'd like to see is more use of containers and permissions locally. For example, my IntelliJ runs as my user account, but it doesn't need access to al
by burtonator 8y ago
One thing I'd like to see is more use of containers and permissions locally.
For example, my IntelliJ runs as my user account, but it doesn't need access to all my files.
I should be able to select which directories it has access to and it's within a container by default.
I mean I can set this stuff up manually, but in the future I'd like to see this as the default.
Similar to the way Android apps ask for permissions.
- kilburn 8y agoIt seems you are calling for Qubes OS [1], which does that but using VMs (which should be more secure than containers). It will take a looong time for "standard" OSes to get there, if they ever do. The required changes in UX are very significant... [1] https://www.qubes-os.org/ https://www.qubes-os.org/
- pjmlp 8y agoThat is the whole idea of the UWP model on Windows, and the ongoing work to put Win32 apps inside of the same containers. Or the sandbox models on Android, iOS and macOS.
- danieldk 8y agoAnd Flatpak on Linux. IIRC the Signal Flatpak is sandboxed.