sure, without any action from the user to increase safety, desktop OS's just allow any app to read any files.
On the other hand, desktop OS's allow a wide spread list of ways to control what applications have access too (especially Linux and BSD families).
Although, despite all this, running malware can never be safe.
sure, without any action from the user to increase safety, desktop OS's just allow any app to read any files. On the other hand, desktop OS's allow a wide spread list of ways to control what applications have access too (especially Linux and BSD families). Although, despite all this, running malware can never be safe.