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though it may be that even stricter sandboxing is needed to make that a reality; Wayland being stricter than X11 is just one step along the way.It is not a situation of “it may be”; it is a situation of “it is”.
Right now, it is useless as the security boundary on Unix and any other operating system is fundamentally the user and malicious software that runs as one's user can modify every file and process one owns anyway.
I read one comment a while back by a developer that illustrated the fruitlessness of Wayland by saying that it is essentially a lock on a door, that stands in the middle of room, that one can simply walk around, claiming to add security.