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> They don't mention sandboxing on their frontpage, at all. This is not a goal. ...and without this "fake sandboxing" strawman, flatkill.org is left without a
by gridlockd 6y ago
> They don't mention sandboxing on their frontpage, at all. This is not a goal.
...and without this "fake sandboxing" strawman, flatkill.org is left without a convincing argument.
The security trade-offs that come with flatpak are the same tradeoffs that desktop operating systems like MacOS and Windows have made since their inception.
Considering that these are successful desktop operating systems, whereas Linux is not, one might conclude that these are the right tradeoffs, all things considered. Sure, it's "a security nightmare", but we've been living through it for decades. The alternatives clearly aren't good enough to bring everyone to move over.