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by igneo676 1974 days ago
In short: There's nothing that you can do

Longer: One of two things -

1. Choose the most boring software possible, trust that the process will work as expected and that you're no worse off than anyone else. Update your software regularly

2. Choose the simplest, most robust software possible (Alpine, OpenBSD, etc). In this case, doas instead of sudo. Pray that works better than everyone else or that you get some benefits through obscurity. Still get surprised every so often. Update regularly

Either way, modern software has gotten complex enough that there's few options for the average person