IDG Contributor Network: Should Apple remove sandboxing from the Mac App Store?
Back in 2012 Apple announced that it would begin sandboxing apps submitted by developers to the Mac App Store. Apple made this decision to improve security and help protect Mac users from potentially malicious activity by software applications.Here is Apple’s definition of sandboxing from its App Sandbox Design Guide document for developers:
A non-sandboxed app has the full rights of the user who is running that app, and can access any resources that the user can access. If that app or the
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