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		kalleboo on Aug 3, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Classic Shell hacked with compromised update that ... Apps on OS X that have been installed through the App Store are sandboxed which is pretty close to the partitioning on iOS - for instance they can only access files the user has explicitly given access to (open dialog, double-clicking, drag and drop onto the app). That doesn't help you with apps you downloaded through the web though, which for me is all my apps because the App Store is a PITA.

dsp1234 on Aug 3, 2016 [–]

UWP apps installed via the Windows Store have many of the same limitations (can only access own files, runs in a limited security context, etc).

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