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Is Spotify desktop unsafe to install on Ubuntu? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 week ago by unicornBro@sh.itjust.works to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Basically, my entire system is FOSS but I'm tempted to install the Spotify .deb package. Would that give Spotify access to info about my system?

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[–] Dr_Vindaloo@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

On Linux, all unsandboxed apps are allowed to do anything your user account can do (without sudo) - there is no permission model. You could use Flatpaks but they're not perfect, likely would require customizing with Flatseal.

[–] floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 week ago

*without SELinux

But it's a pain to set up and I hate it

[–] sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 week ago

So that's like, reading all documents, writing stuff, and I assume it can also make outbound connections to servers?