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On the other hand, apps downloaded from there are given far fewer permissions on your PC. They are sandboxed to some extent [1]. 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wi
by mox1 4y ago
On the other hand, apps downloaded from there are given far fewer permissions on your PC. They are sandboxed to some extent [1].
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Windows_Platform_apps#Security https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Windows_Platform_app...
- izacus 4y agoNo, not all apps are UWP apps on Microsoft store. They allow normal installers as well these days.
- iggldiggl 4y agoAnd it suffers from the same limitations as any other attempts at filesystem sandboxing – it only caters for the simple "open/save one file" respectively "open/save within one folder (plus subfolders)" use cases and ignores (and breaks) the existence of any other workflows.
- pjmlp 4y agoWin32 applications on the store run with trusted identity, so it allows for a bit more than that.
- desindol 4y ago“This App is provided and updated by X.” I don’t know what more you expect them to do.
- elcomet 4y agoYeah but I'd say the main thread for KeePassXC is not the app accessing your system, it's more about the fake app accessing all your passwords