[suchar]

This is true for SSH key, but not for all data on MacOS, e.g. if you run `find ~/Library/Application Support/AddressBook` the OS will ask you if you want to give access to contacts to iTerm2/whatever (unless you have given it before). I'm not aware of a way to create additional sandboxed "folders".

Also, some applications on MacOS are sandboxed, IIRC Mail is one of them. Also, some (all?) applications installed from AppStore. That's the reason I prefer installing applications from AppStore: they seem to be at least somewhat sandboxed.

For development, I try as much as possible to leverage remote development via [JetBrains Gateway](https://www.jetbrains.com/remote-development/gateway/) and [JetBrains Fleet](https://www.jetbrains.com/fleet/). VSCode also has remote development but they explicitly assume that remote machine is trusted (in the security note in the remote extension plugin readme). In the case of JetBrains tools I have not seen any explicit declaration whether remote host is trusted (as in: if remote machine is pwnd then we may as well let pwn your personal machine), but at a glance it seems like there are minimal precautions (if you run web application and open it in a browser, the Gateway will ask if you want to be redirected to a browser etc.)

Probably best scenario for such remote development clients on MacOS would be to put them in AppStore: this way they could leverage sandboxing and in the case of thin client, the sandboxing likely won't limit functionality.