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I usually trust my distro repos without checking. Can the same be applied to flathub without much worry?

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[–] nieceandtows@programming.dev 27 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don’t remember anything about flathub, but the Ubuntu snap store had some malware a while ago

https://www.linuxuprising.com/2018/05/malware-found-in-ubuntu-snap-store.html?m=1

[–] Raphael@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

Canonical is a disgrace.