• Are you using Flatpaks?
  • Are you trusting Flathub?
  • Do you bother about the sandboxing and security?
  • erwan@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    It means you can run apps without trusting their developer will full access to your computer and your files.

    Just like on mobile, you only allow apps to access what you know they need. Nothing more.

    • smileyhead@discuss.tchncs.de
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      1 year ago

      Okey, so why we run apps without trusing developers in the first place? Or why do we even need the trust?

      (It’s not that I think sandboxing is not useful sometimes, I just want to see if we get somewhere)

      • redd@discuss.tchncs.deOP
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        1 year ago

        Think about service providers (government, banking, messaging, streaming, gaming). To participate in life we might depend on some of their services but don’t fully trust these parties. Flatpak is not secure/sandboxed enough to run untrusted apps. Meanwhile on Android the situation looks much better.