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> untrusted third party compiled code in a web browser. WASM makes that safe, and that's the whole point. It doesn't increase the attack surface by much compar
by flohofwoe 2y ago
> untrusted third party compiled code in a web browser.
WASM makes that safe, and that's the whole point. It doesn't increase the attack surface by much compared to running Javascript code in the browser, while the alternative solutions where directly poking through into the operating system and bypassing any security infrastructure of the browser for running untrusted code.