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by Piskvorrr 3317 days ago
The sets Arbitrary code execution and Security vulnerability have a significant overlap; and much of the decision "do I want the program to do what it's about to do?" is in the eye of the user (e.g. the excellent tools by Nir Sofer could be used for Good or for Evil: "Does the user actually want to list their WiFi network passwords, or is this an evil code the user was tricked into running?" The code has no way of deciding.).

However, I see some hope in https://www.qubes-os.org/ - alas, setting it up is not quite as convenient as "meh, open everything everywhere to everyone."