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Snap store from Canonical hit with malicious apps
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this post was submitted on 02 Oct 2023
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I stopped using the Snap Store the moment I realized the majority of the Snaps were uploaded by totally random people who have zero relationship with the app itself.
For example: https://snapcraft.io/publisher/kz6fittycent
You’re telling me this guy is personally involved with all 43 snaps he’s published? You want me to believe he’s going to dutifully maintain all 43 of them?
Yeah. Okay. Sure. Totally.
It’s like, there’s a man on the street corner selling chicken nuggets he swears he got from McDonalds. Do you want to buy nuggets from him or just walk around the corner and get them from McDonalds yourself?
Isn't it the same for Flatpak?
It doesn't seem to be an issue on flatpak but idk if they're doing anything in particular to stop this
Probably cuz Flatpak apps are all GUI apps and are harder compared to CLI apps?
Somewhat but its not nearly as bad