Comment by vacuity
> the software may be bug-free, but sandboxing it may still be desirable e.g. as a matter of trust (or lack thereof)
Wouldn't the only cause of mistrust be bugs, or am I missing something? If the program is malicious, sandboxing isn't the pertinent action.
If any program can potentially be malicious (which is the effectively the case today with any downloaded software), then sandboxing is exactly the pertinent action - provided that the sandbox is tight enough.