True there's no sandboxing by default on a typical linux desktop but I think the key difference between the linux distributions and Android security models is that your linux distribution is supposed to run trusted free software whereas your Android device is probably going to run some proprieatary untrusted apps.
That's why sandboxing is very necessary on Android and not so much on your linux box.
Now I agree you should sanbox everytime you can especially when linux is well capable of it, that's why I use firejail on my desktops so I get all the awesomeness of my favorite distributions AND strong sandboxing with real ease of use.
https://firejail.wordpress.com/
One cool trick is to hook "sudo firecfg" in your package manager post operations so whenever you install new software it get sanboxed if a firejail profile is available (which is generally true). There may be a smarter way to do just that though?
Clickbait.
The only valuable information I got from the article is that Seattle is gentrified by Amazon and its employees.
The rest of it is someone sharing his nostalgia.
I'm on HN for the science and mindblowing stuff and I'm tired of this kind of facebook post articles.
I suppose I'm not the only one.
That's why sandboxing is very necessary on Android and not so much on your linux box.
Now I agree you should sanbox everytime you can especially when linux is well capable of it, that's why I use firejail on my desktops so I get all the awesomeness of my favorite distributions AND strong sandboxing with real ease of use. https://firejail.wordpress.com/
One cool trick is to hook "sudo firecfg" in your package manager post operations so whenever you install new software it get sanboxed if a firejail profile is available (which is generally true). There may be a smarter way to do just that though?
That xkcd post makes a very good point indeed (that's why everybody should lock whenever afk, encrypt and use strong passwords of course) But I also think you should also worry about those backdoor issues: https://www.replicant.us/freedom-privacy-security-issues.php https://libreboot.org/faq.html#intel