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> Yes, it's possible your linux box has been compromised if you use flatpak, we are literally talking about several months old public exploits. Ever opened an i
by gentleman11 6y ago
> Yes, it's possible your linux box has been compromised if you use flatpak, we are literally talking about several months old public exploits. Ever opened an image in flatpak Gimp? The criticial vulnerability "shell in the ghost" was fixed in flatpak about one month after linux distributions.
There were some heavily up voted comments and posts on hn this year about how much people hate how snaps auto update themselves. Does this change anyone’s mind, or do those points still stand?
- AlexandrB 6y agoThose points are completely unrelated to flatpak taking a long time to release patches. Whether flatpak forced updates or not, from TFA it seems as though it's still months behind Linux distros.