linux isnt immune to viruses even though its not as bad as windows
what should i do to be safe if i have a safe browser, vm, but pirate and download risky things? i know its a vm but i still dont want to have to delete everything in the vm if something happens. also the malware doesnt go to the router and spread rigt???
don’t get software from random sites and use your package manager with distro provided repo only
And if you need an app from a third party repo, pick one that includes at least rudimentary sand boxing such as flatpak/flathub
And if you pegleg some games, there’s an ice cream-loving wrestler (or maybe some folk that just borrowed the id) that tend to bubble wrap their warez.
If it says no network access, my Wireshark says no network is being accessed. That’s all the confirmation I got.
it’s lemmy, you don’t have to be cute about it
johncena141 for pirate versions of games packaged up ready for linux
Which repacker lol?
John Cena
Flatpak is missing even rudimentary sandbox features. Apps that don’t have an easy sandbox escape are rare. And this is all useless when it’s the app developer who decides the app permissions because most users won’t tinker with every Flatpak they install.
Flatpaks are NOT any more secure than system packages, and their “sandboxing” should not be trusted to accomplish anything.
The permissions have to be justified when uploading to flathub (via PR) and the exceptions are not always accepted. Flatpaks ARE safer than system packages and if you think otherwise I recommend you taking a look who can access all passwords on the keyring and who doesn’t. (Getting such exception on flarhub is very hard). Flatpak 2.0 hopefully gets user approvals for permissions. But still with current flatpak you have the option to reject permission via flatseal.