Does an open source game from Frozenbubble or Super Tux have any types pf vulnerabilities to worry about like a web browser might or is it safe to just download it, with no worries. As long it’s downloaded from safe repositories?

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    3 days ago

    It depends on what vulnerabilities we’re talking about. If these are arbitrary code execution ones, they may be more dangerous in games since that’s not a kind of app most security researchers will look into. But if we’re talking about in-app ones that let the hacker steal your game stats or something (so only the app’s data), it’s definitely not anywhere near as bad as a browser vulnerability because browsers save much more sensitive data. Also a game isn’t something a bad actor would consider the best attack surface but if they do, it might cause a lot of harm.

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      3 days ago

      Web browsers are also a easy target because they pull content from the public internet. They can attack it with just a link.