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Could Windows and installed apps upload all my personal files? (lemmy.world)
submitted 22 hours ago by happeningtofry99158@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/31889457

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Could Windows and installed apps upload all my personal files?

Dear all

I have deleted Onedrive and disabled File system access in Privacy.

  1. I would like to know, which other ways that my personal files could be uploaded in a non-malicious non-hacker way?
  2. Just by using Windows, Microsoft could upload all my personal files to themselves if they would?
  3. Does every installed App / software have full access to my whole drive? How can I found out, how much access it has?

Thank you for your interest and reply

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/31889457

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[โ€“] happeningtofry99158@lemmy.world 2 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

is software sandbox and segmentation more supported on linux?

[โ€“] Sophocles@infosec.pub 2 points 8 hours ago

Yes, linux also has an administrator-like system called root, but it actually protects important system files unlike Windows administrator access which is frequrntly bypassed. Many important linux packages also respect and don't even ask for root access unless explicitly needed. This is by design. You can also use programs called flatpaks from Flathub which come sandboxed from the start, and also a program called Flatseal to fine-tune permissions from every flatpak