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If the sandbox can be imposed on an OS level then apps on alternative stores will have to conform to the same baseline of security restrictions.
by Apocryphon 3y ago
If the sandbox can be imposed on an OS level then apps on alternative stores will have to conform to the same baseline of security restrictions.
- theshrike79 3y agoThe issue is that "imposing the sandbox" isn't simple. Apple themselves have "imposed a sandbox" for Safari since the first version appeared on iOS. Still we had multiple exploits, even though they owned both sides of the code. Now imagine a situation where you're building a sandbox and the sandboxed application is using every trick possible to try to get out.
- _aavaa_ 3y ago> Now imagine a situation where you're building a sandbox and the sandboxed application is using every trick possible to try to get out. This hellish hypothetical you pose already exists. It’s called macOS.