Mac apps and sandboxing

I never bothered to sandboxed my apps, even if I should. Seems there is also some problems of what the sandboxing actually gives.

Any Mac app, sandboxed or not sandboxed can:

  • Take screenshots of your Mac silently without you knowing
  • Access every pixel, even if the Mac app is in the background
  • Use basic OCR software to read the text on the screen
  • Access all connected monitors

https://mjtsai.com/blog/2018/02/13/sandboxed-mac-apps-privacy/