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Visiting a website and running Javascript vs. running a native application aren't equivalent. Browser sandbox exploits are "a thing" but that doesn't make the s
by EvanAnderson 3y ago
Visiting a website and running Javascript vs. running a native application aren't equivalent. Browser sandbox exploits are "a thing" but that doesn't make the situations the same.
- paulddraper 3y agoYes and WASM can be sandboxed just as easily as JavaScript. There is nothing "magical" about web browsers in that regard.
- EvanAnderson 3y agoI don’t follow where you’re going. I didn’t say there was anything “magical” about browsers. They have a sandbox for JavaScript, by default. Windows doesn’t have a sandbox for native apps, by default. A parent poster seemed to be making a statement of equivalency between running a native application in Windows and running JavaScript in a browser. I don’t think they’re equivalent. That’s what I’m saying.
- iknowstuff 3y agoWe are literally talking about an environment for running Win32 apps in a sandbox