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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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The Flaws of Flatpak - What do you think about Flatpak Security? (youtu.be)

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Are you using Flatpaks?
Are you trusting Flathub?
Do you bother about the sandboxing and security?

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

That's a feature not a bug. Under flathub, the original author of the software (for verified apps at least) knows what is the best configuration to ship for their package.

ATM. You are not trusting flathub when installing a flatpak. You are trusting the application's author. Maybe in the future, flathub would introduce restrictions on certain permissions but we would be speculating at that point.