The irony in all this push towards web apps is that browsers will become more and more bloated, out of the user's control and insecure. Chrome is not a virtual

The irony in all this push towards web apps is that browsers will become more and more bloated, out of the user's control and insecure. Chrome is not a virtualized OS, it has become a mega-plugin similar to Java or Flash, except with better but still insufficient security. As more of the platform services are exposed to the internet, we'll start seeing new and interesting exploits, such as tracking users based on battery status and attacks on the local network (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12406310 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12406310).