> My point is that Linux apps don't have general root rights. Even though you must install them as root. That is, unless you start them as root. I'm running ma

> My point is that Linux apps don't have general root rights. Even though you must install them as root. That is, unless you start them as root. I'm running macOS, so this isn't directly relevant; I don't know much about Linux apps, but macOS ones often do some skulduggery—for example, Dropbox uses its root installation privileges to make some very hard-to-eradicate startup items (https://applehelpwriter.com/2016/08/29/discovering-how-dropbox-hacks-your-mac https://applehelpwriter.com/2016/08/29/discovering-how-dropb...). Nonetheless, you are right that I was confusing "installed as root" with "has root privileges". > So an app can't just decide to access and change some other app's settings. Hopefully!—at least if this happens it's a bug.