It seems both Chromium and Firefox based browsers are weakened by Flatpak sandboxing, though Firefox may not be as negatively affected by it compared to Chromium.
It seems both Chromium and Firefox based browsers are weakened by Flatpak sandboxing, though Firefox may not be as negatively affected by it compared to Chromium.
| Topic | Replies | Views | Activity | |
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| Firefox sandbox when installed as flatpak - is it fixed yet? | 5 | 915 | July 12, 2025 | |
| Does Flatpak weaken Chromium/Firefox's sandbox? | 38 | 10812 | February 12, 2026 | |
| Flatpaks and browsers | 2 | 413 | January 27, 2026 | |
| Don't link to Brave's Flatpak (Desktop Browsers) | 4 | 1561 | April 26, 2025 | |
| Is it best (for security) to install browsers via Flatpak or via a distribution's repositories on Linux? | 13 | 822 | May 5, 2026 |
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