Security mechanisms in most operating systems are good and has continued to evolve rapidly. I would say in Linux there might be too many and this is where the confusion come from.
The problem is really how the very popular recent things on top have been built: Docker, npm, pip.
I personally do not have docker, npm or pip installed on my workstation because I know that any `xxx install` is almost the equivalent of downloading and executing a `.exe` on a Windows 95 back in the days.
Apparently what happened here is a Github employee VScode downloaded a compromised extension and it ran wild in his $HOME (npm, another Microsoft gem is involved here if I remember correctly).
The problem is really how the very popular recent things on top have been built: Docker, npm, pip.
I personally do not have docker, npm or pip installed on my workstation because I know that any `xxx install` is almost the equivalent of downloading and executing a `.exe` on a Windows 95 back in the days.
Apparently what happened here is a Github employee VScode downloaded a compromised extension and it ran wild in his $HOME (npm, another Microsoft gem is involved here if I remember correctly).
How was the OS supposed to prevent that?