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AFAIK Android Runtime for Chrome is running on NaCl meaning it's properly isolated.

• geofft 11y ago
  Right, if you can do that, why not stick NaCl + Android Runtime for Chrome on everyone's cell phone? NaCl is designed to be very low-overhead, and low-end Chromebooks are probably as underpowered as low-end phones. NaCl is a very good isolation layer, but it's certainly possible that to make Android apps work / interoperate the way you'd expect (e.g., one app can broadcast an intent that another app can receive), you have to open up holes that are too big to secure. It's sort of like how the CPU-level distinction between kernel-mode and user-mode code is a very good isolation layer, but when you run actual operating systems that need their processes to communicate, it gets much harder to secure.
  • mikecb 11y ago
    I personally imagine that when all that hype came out recently about merging chrome and android, that's what they're trying to do. Security of chrome and usability of android would be perfect, and hopefully also allow underlying OS pushes independent of manufacturer or carrier.