Your concerns are valid. May I suggest you take them to a new thread on https://forum.snapcraft.io/ ? There will be many more eyes on it, and I'm sure you will get more elaborate and constructive answers there, than in this bug report.
Regarding the source code to build the snaps, in the case of chromium it is available there for everyone to audit: https://code.launchpad.net /~chromium-team/chromium-browser/+git/snap-from-source/+ref/stable. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to chromium-browser in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1877173 Title: Chromium 81.0.4044.122 crashes on remote ssh connection Status in chromium-browser package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Chromium crash on a ssh x forwarding connection It crashes on both 18.04 and 16.04 with the same message. The X forwarding is working for other programs just fine. It was working until last update. Here is the message from the console on the crash [22765:22781:0506/144206.193243:FATAL:gpu_data_manager_impl_private.cc(439)] GPU process isn't usable. Goodbye. Trace/breakpoint trap (core dumped) Steps to repeat: ssh ltcd-prod chromum-browser ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: chromium-browser 81.0.4044.122-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.3.0-40.32~18.04.1-generic 5.3.18 Uname: Linux 5.3.0-40-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: btrfs xor zstd_compress raid6_pq ufs qnx4 hfsplus hfs minix ntfs msdos jfs xfs libcrc32c cpuid veth iptable_filter bpfilter bridge stp llc binfmt_misc intel_powerclamp coretemp kvm_intel kvm irqbypass zfs zunicode zavl icp ipmi_ssif gpio_ich crct10dif_pclmul crc32_pclmul ghash_clmulni_intel zcommon znvpair spl zlua aesni_intel aes_x86_64 crypto_simd cryptd glue_helper intel_cstate ast drm_vram_helper ttm drm_kms_helper lpc_ich drm joydev input_leds fb_sys_fops syscopyarea sysfillrect sysimgblt ipmi_si ipmi_devintf ipmi_msghandler mac_hid sch_fq_codel lp parport nfsd auth_rpcgss nfs_acl lockd grace sunrpc ip_tables x_tables autofs4 hid_generic igb uas usbhid ahci i2c_algo_bit hid libahci usb_storage dca i2c_ismt ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.14 Architecture: amd64 DRM.card0-VGA-1: enabled: enabled dpms: On status: connected edid-base64: modes: 1024x768 800x600 800x600 640x480 Date: Wed May 6 14:37:46 2020 Desktop-Session: 'None' 'None' 'None' DetectedPlugins: Env: 'None' 'None' InstalledPlugins: Load-Avg-1min: 0.55 Load-Processes-Running-Percent: 0.1% Lsusb: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'lsusb': 'lsusb' MachineType: Supermicro A1SAi ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm-256color PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-5.3.0-40-generic root=UUID=c75e8c2a-b85d-444e-b278-16fd90c327e7 ro usb_storage.quirks=0bc2:331a:u,0bc2:ab31:u,0bc2:ab34:u SourcePackage: chromium-browser UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 08/27/2015 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: 1.1a dmi.board.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M. dmi.board.name: A1SRi dmi.board.vendor: Supermicro dmi.board.version: 123456789 dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.chassis.type: 18 dmi.chassis.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.chassis.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr1.1a:bd08/27/2015:svnSupermicro:pnA1SAi:pvr123456789:rvnSupermicro:rnA1SRi:rvr123456789:cvnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:ct18:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.: dmi.product.family: SMC X10 dmi.product.name: A1SAi dmi.product.sku: 081315D9 dmi.product.version: 123456789 dmi.sys.vendor: Supermicro modified.conffile..etc.default.chromium-browser: [deleted] To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium-browser/+bug/1877173/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
