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1. ashish+q9[view] [source] 2026-02-03 23:29:06
>>natebc+(OP)
I am running a lot of tools inside sandbox now for exactly this reason. The damage is confined to the directory I'm running that tool in.

There is no reason for a tool to implicitly access my mounted cloud drive directory and browser cookies data.

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2. troad+9b[view] [source] 2026-02-03 23:38:13
>>ashish+q9
MacOS has been getting a lot of flak recently for (correct) UI reasons, but I honestly feel like they're the closest to the money with granular app permissions.

Linux people are very resistant to this, but the future is going to be sandboxed iOS style apps. Not because OS vendors want to control what apps do, but because users do. If the FOSS community continues to ignore proper security sandboxing and distribution of end user applications, then it will just end up entirely centralised in one of the big tech companies, as it already is on iOS and macOS by Apple.

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3. its_ma+ub[view] [source] 2026-02-03 23:39:12
>>troad+9b
I'm sure that will contribute to the illusion of security, but in reality the system is thoroughly backdoored on every level from the CPU on up, and everyone knows it.

There is no such thing as computer security, in general, at this point in history.

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4. ashish+jc[view] [source] 2026-02-03 23:42:39
>>its_ma+ub
> but in reality the system is thoroughly backdoored on every level from the CPU on up, and everyone knows it.

Indeed. Why lock your car door as anyone can unlock and steal it by learning lock-picking?

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5. its_ma+ye[view] [source] 2026-02-03 23:55:31
>>ashish+jc
Residents of San Francisco ask themselves that question all the time.
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