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Fitgirl repacks some how escapes sandbox?[bottles on Linux] (mander.xyz)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by UsemyName@mander.xyz to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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So i was installing a repack on my linux system, using bottles because of its flatpak sandbox.

As the install was wrapping, it asked the standard question about redirecting the websites, I (probably thinking nothing will happen) didn't uncheck anything, and to my surprise, it opened the Firefox browser on my main system and launched the website: giving me quite the spook

doesn't this mean that anything i install on bottles can somehow still ping home even if I disable networking from Flatseal?

am I being paranoid or is this a serious security flaw?

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[–] _cryptagion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If you disable networking, nothing can "ping home". It didn't ping anything, it opened the default program on your computer for using the web and passed a website request to it. That's standard behavior.

[–] UsemyName@mander.xyz 3 points 1 month ago

but can it do it without the user interacting with it?