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Yes, the windowing system requires such to prevent applications with less privileges spying or controlling those with more. On X, it is possible for an exploit
by PlutoIsAPlanet 2y ago
Yes, the windowing system requires such to prevent applications with less privileges spying or controlling those with more.
On X, it is possible for an exploit in a browser to gain root if you have an application opened as root.
Although such exploit would be extremely difficult to pull off, state actors will do anything for specific targets.
- kwhitefoot 2y ago> state actors will do anything for specific targets. That's either not a problem for me because I am of no interest to them. Or it is a problem that no amount of fiddling with software can mitigate because they can just beat me until I give up. See https://xkcd.com/538/ https://xkcd.com/538/