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Valve removes free horror game from Steam after players discover it contains malware that steals your data (www.pcguide.com)
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[–] scholar@lemmy.world 57 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

Every program ideally should be in a sandbox and if it wants permission to access something it should have to ask for it.

[–] defaultusername@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Kind of like Android or iOS.

Flatpak tries to accomplish this on Desktop, and it works, but isn't as comprehensive as something like Android or iOS.

On the extreme side, there is QubesOS, which runs every app in a dedicated virtual machine, including the networking stack.

[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 2 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

Flatpak also doesn't ask for permissions. If an app requires a new one does it just add it upon update?

[–] hirihit640@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

I think either Bazaar or GNOME software center does tell you if an app asks for more permissions, I forgot which one though

[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

GNOME Software. That's not what I'm concerned about though.

[–] elvith@feddit.org 1 points 1 hour ago

IIRC Discover on KDE also tells you on the update list. But only somewhere in the list of updates - theres no explicit dialog warning you of changes/new permissions

[–] justlemmyin@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Is that what proton does on Linux?

[–] elvith@feddit.org 5 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

No, that's just to make Windows programs/games run on Linux. But you can e.g. use the Flatpack version of Steam to Sandbox Steam and its games (https://docs.flatpak.org/en/latest/sandbox-permissions.html)

[–] gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 30 minutes ago

thanks, i didn't know that! i'll keep it in mind.