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Security of my calculator..? Is this a theoretical or actual concern? Are you getting hacked through outdated AppImages? The Snap/Flatpak sandboxing has been wi

Security of my calculator..? Is this a theoretical or actual concern? Are you getting hacked through outdated AppImages? The Snap/Flatpak sandboxing has been widely criticized but I'm not an expert to judge. I'm guessing you can run your AppImage from something like a chroot if that's a real concern I've never had an AppImage hacked.. (or honestly anything else hacked on a Linux machine) though I'm not running AppImage servers > in many parts of the world "nice computers on fast internet" is kind of a given now Well if they want to be an appstore solution for the Linux ecosystem then they need to cater to everyone, not just rich kids in silicon valley

dale_glass 3y ago
The concern isn't the calculator getting hacked, but the calculator itself being malicious, and there being a desire to safely install programs without opening up your whole system to them. A calculator should be run as a fully isolated application, with no filesystem access and no ability to damage anything even if it tries.
chlorion 3y ago
>Security of my calculator..? I could upload a "Calculator" application that looks harmless, and even functions as a calculator, but actually steals your GPG keys and logs keyboard input. With a sandbox this would not be possible (in theory). A "calculator" app isn't really unique here, it can be malicious just as well as anything else could be. You do not want "apps" to be able to do this at all! A calculator shouldn't really have access to many things anyways, ideally only access to things it requires to function.