Sandboxing is a general term and I used it as a general one. Sandboxing can include virtualization.
Virtualization alone isn’t enough if the external interfaces aren’t protected. With QubesOS you are for example expected to not mix data from untrusted sources with data from trusted sources in the same virtualized environment. You’re expected to use the right tools to open untrusted documents;
QubesOS.
That’s still standard virtualization. It doesn’t harden the applications you run inside the sandboxes.
Virtualization is better than sandboxing for security.
Sandboxing is a general term and I used it as a general one. Sandboxing can include virtualization.
Virtualization alone isn’t enough if the external interfaces aren’t protected. With QubesOS you are for example expected to not mix data from untrusted sources with data from trusted sources in the same virtualized environment. You’re expected to use the right tools to open untrusted documents;
https://theinvisiblethings.blogspot.com/2013/02/converting-untrusted-pdfs-into-trusted.html?m=1
Virtualization is better than sandboxing for security.
How usable is it in comparison to Android? Not usable. Heavy hardware and skill requirements.
Flatpak tries to be like Android app on Linux, but is not that advanced like it.
Flatpak is a security nightmare. again, stop focusing on just sandboxing and look at the whole.
It has potential. Of course Android is much better. But In comparison to other Linux application formats its better.
I mean its pretty fundamentally broken. Seems the devs don’t care about security. Better to use something like apt