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I already have heared about Bottles sandboxing capabilities, but, how this differs from standard Flatpak sandboxing system? Is really secure execute any Windows Software using Bottles? (yes, every machine have his vulnerabilities blah blah)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

There's a difference between telemetry/tracking which can at least be limited using an isolated VM, and malware which will attempt to take over your computer/network, so it really depends on why you don't trust the program.

Imo, if you just want to run a program that's made for windows (and you trust that it isn't malware), then a VM or potentially even wine by itself would be sufficient. If you want to run something you think might be malware, don't. No amount of virtual isolation will guarantee protection from malware.