Not the first time this has happened, but recently the Snap store from Canonical hosted a scam bitcoin app that claimed to be Exodus wallet that caused a user to lose money.
  • jbk@discuss.tchncs.de
    281·
    11 months ago

    Those are just app distribution formats. Since there’s just 1 snap store which can deliver snaps, they’re not comparable.

    • cybersandwich@lemmy.world
      11·
      11 months ago

      Most people get their flatpaks from the same handful of places though, right? Flathub and ??

      This isn’t a snap specific issue is what he is saying. It could happen to other stores.

      Also, my snap nextcloud is amazing and was the easiest to set up and maintain.

      • jbk@discuss.tchncs.de
        4·
        11 months ago

        Flathub has manual submission verification though, which includes the steps to build flatpaks. Reviewers (currently) would definitely catch fishy looking apps.

        They’ve also implemented manual reviews in case of metainfo or flatpak permission changes, another thing for additional safety.

      • Gamma@beehaw.orgEnglish
        3·
        11 months ago

        You’re pretty much just rehashing a possible apt repo “vulnerability,” but at least with flatpak they remember where each package was installed from.

          • Gamma@beehaw.orgEnglish
            3·
            11 months ago

            Anyone can create an apt repo and the override your system packages with new versions.

            At least with flatpak only the applications you installed from the bad actor’s repo would be affected, though obviously they can still have a ton of malicious dependencies

      • jbk@discuss.tchncs.de
        2·
        11 months ago

        Text files could theoretically contain malicious content. Why doesn’t the format have a built-in virus scanner??? Is this what you’re suggesting?

    • lengau@midwest.social
      1·
      11 months ago

      What Flatpak stores are there in widespread use other than flathub? (Additional servers that depend on the runtimes flathub distributes don’t count.)