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by Ferret7446 507 days ago
> security

Any process you run can already access the memory and files of everything else as the same user.

Wayland's security properties are over-sold and practically irrelevant, and it doesn't help that it breaks a ton of functionality that people need in the name of this "security", like screen readers.

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>Any process you run can already access the memory and files of everything else as the same user.

*When the applications themselves aren't properly sandboxed. If they are with for example firejail, flatpak or snap. Then x11 is a gaping hole like having proper doors in a house but broken windows.

It's not the job of the compositor to sandbox applications.