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

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

[–] elvith@feddit.org 1 points 5 minutes 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