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evujumenuk	2012-06-20 , 16:06
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Originally Posted by Holyshit

2. Are apps running in some sort of sandbox that prohibits them from accessing your phone contacts, e-mails, sms message, gps location, and so forth without giving explicit approval? (e.g. like Windows UAC or pre-install security info like Android).

Originally Posted by cashclientel

2. no, but you've got the advantage on linux of being able to run apps with users with low access rights

Is there any more information about it?
Is there a a safe way to install and run applications from unknown sources on Maemo?

If I create a new Linux user on Maemo does it have permissions to read GPS data, text messages, contacts, calendar, etc.? Where this data is stored on file system?

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Hurrian	2012-06-23 , 00:02
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Originally Posted by evujumenuk

Is there any more information about it?
Is there a a safe way to install and run applications from unknown sources on Maemo?

If I create a new Linux user on Maemo does it have permissions to read GPS data, text messages, contacts, calendar, etc.? Where this data is stored on file system?

If by "Unknown Sources" you mean being anywhere outside the "extra" repo (which requires quite a lot of vetting to get into), then yes, there is a safe way - apt-get source the packages yourself and check them, build them if you really want to. No source code? Don't trust it.

WRT user data and sensors, most if not all apps can have access to that. IIRC, text messages are in

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