This is true, but I think if Linux was designed today it would have a permissions model similar to something like Android from the start. Every app would need explicit permission to access data and hardware, etc.
That doesn’t really help much. A person installing some random un-trustworthy .apk on their Android device is also just going to approve the app permission request.
This is true, but I think if Linux was designed today it would have a permissions model similar to something like Android from the start. Every app would need explicit permission to access data and hardware, etc.
That doesn’t really help much. A person installing some random un-trustworthy .apk on their Android device is also just going to approve the app permission request.
It would be useful to a more security/privacy minded person though. There’s not much you can do to protect people from themselves.