How secure is the app system currently?
I appreciate transparency and IMHO every user should know about potential security risks that might come with usage of a device. I have found some developer talk related to app security, but I doubt that the majority of users is really aware what a mischievous app developer could do to them or their device.
So, in easy words:
- Can an app read and/or modify
- personal databases (e.g. contacts)?
- data or functionality of other apps?
- data or functionality of the Sailfish operating system?
- Can an app leave modifications behind which are not removed when uninstalling, especially unwanted executable code, cron jobs, etc.?
- Can an app access the whole file system as
nemo
/root
? - Is there an in-depth security QA in the official store, making sure that malware doesn't make it in there?
Thanks for enlightenment :)