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As-is, every unprivileged application you run can

- take a screenshot

- record the screen

- capture audio output and input (microphone)

- use and record the camera, if present

- read almost every file

- write and delete most files (excluding some OS-owned ones, without elevation at least)

- capture mouse and keystrokes

- use the internet without too much restriction

(Tbf, it’s mostly the same on Linux with X11/Xorg, but at least there’s more/better sandboxing and packaging like flatpak - and Wayland).

MacOS, AFAIK that is, is leading the way in this regard .



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