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Document sandbox permissions

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Description

### Problem

In the packaging section the only place we mention sandbox permissions is inline in the sample manifest. This isn't a very clear or comprehensive description of sandboxing and developers don't seem to necessarily understand that their app is sandboxed and doesn't have permission to access the filesystem etc

### Proposal

We should explicitly mention the fact that Flatpak apps are sandboxed and link to https://docs.flatpak.org/en/latest/sandbox-permissions.html

It's probably also worth mentioning that AppCenter will warn when sandbox holes have been poked and remind developers to look for portals before trying to poke sandbox holes

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