Selinux should help with this, but by default all ‘non-server’ apps can just access anything across the user’s home. Maybe I should look into this. Hmmmm.
Edit: then again, steam games usually run via wine, using a simulated windows filesystem… Maybe they are isolated already? I really should look into this.
Long ago when Linux was a complete underdog (0.001% of users or something) it was touted as being vastly more secure than Windows, and that was probably true. But, convenience always battles with security in adverse ways, and Steam does aim to be very convenient.
I remember for a time any Xbox-app game would prop up a UAC permissions dialog each time you’d newly installed a game. Those apps are also un-moddable due to package signing. It was very annoying, but part of me thought “…Theoretically, Steam should be doing at least something like this.”
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Imagine being a dev and having this happen to you. Still, MFA is a thing.
The “FAQ” on this article feels like they just took an LLM sum marry and added it to the bottom hahaha
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You entered seen a mobile phone autocorrect mistake before, I take it?
You should re-read your comment before posting them.
Nah
You do you.
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I’ll read what I type before sending when I’m dead
Locks like they make alot of them.
I’d rather not use flatpack, but I really should figure out better sandboxing. Not just for games, but for supply chain attacks, etc.
It’s kind of nuts that a game has access to my browser profile and all sorts of other stuff in ~.
I know firejail nicely packs my Firefox & co. to only have access to select few /home/<uname> sub-dirs
Selinux should help with this, but by default all ‘non-server’ apps can just access anything across the user’s home. Maybe I should look into this. Hmmmm.
Edit: then again, steam games usually run via wine, using a simulated windows filesystem… Maybe they are isolated already? I really should look into this.
No, the Z drive in wine maps to your linux file system.
Long ago when Linux was a complete underdog (0.001% of users or something) it was touted as being vastly more secure than Windows, and that was probably true. But, convenience always battles with security in adverse ways, and Steam does aim to be very convenient.
I remember for a time any Xbox-app game would prop up a UAC permissions dialog each time you’d newly installed a game. Those apps are also un-moddable due to package signing. It was very annoying, but part of me thought “…Theoretically, Steam should be doing at least something like this.”
So basically I need to remove Steam altogether. Gotcha.
Go ahead and remove your internet browser, too, since they can also hijack that.
Might as well delete your System32 folder as well, they’ll go for that next.
Probably easier to just not download and install every game in your library, which I’m guessing is like 5.