Flatsonar

fwbackups

by Stewart Adam

A feature-rich, user-friendly backup program

Dangerous permissions Verified creator GPL-2.0-or-later v1.43.8-rc4
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About

A feature-rich user backup program that allows you to backup your documents on a one-off or recurring scheduled basis.

Permissions

3 permissions weaken the sandbox. Flatsonar asks before installing.

  • full access to your entire file system
    --filesystem=host
  • sandbox escape: can run commands on the host via flatpak-spawn
    --talk-name=org.freedesktop.Flatpak
  • your SSH agent (can sign with your SSH keys)
    --socket=ssh-auth
  • inter-process communication (needed for X11)
    --share=ipc
  • network
    --share=network
  • X11 display, only when Wayland is unavailable
    --socket=fallback-x11
  • Wayland display
    --socket=wayland
  • GPU acceleration
    --device=dri

Who publishes this

The creator demonstrably controls this app id: Flathub verification, the hosting account owns the namespace, or a well-known file on their domain.

  • verified on Flathub: the developer proved they control this app id
    publisher:flathub

Maintenance

Recent activity on the upstream repository, or built and reviewed by Flathub.

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