Decentralized Apps

[nicklambert]

@Ajedi32

The MaidSafe launcher does not do any additional special sandboxing of the applications it runs. If you want to stop them from (for example) stealing your local files or wiping your hard drive, you’ll have to either trust the application you’re running, or use something like AppArmor, just like how it is with other desktop apps.

This is not the case, the network is designed to be completely trustless. It is not possible for third party apps to steal your files, or wipe your HD. I think you will find the following thread helpful, specifically the part about the privalidges given to each app:

@Viv

Restrict App priviledges on a user’s account

We can think of this one as a sandbox environment we are setting up for each App. Each app can perform its network storage/operations in its designated location (under the user’s management) and cannot step outside that sandbox. )