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No. Web pages are sandboxed and thus have limited control to the computer and operating system compared to native apps.
by TheHydroImpulse 13y ago
No. Web pages are sandboxed and thus have limited control to the computer and operating system compared to native apps.
- erastothenes 13y agoYet web page code can certainly be modified to perform malicious actions; XSS is a rampant example. More and more Javascript applications handle information that is of high value to users - passwords, private journals, financial information, etc. Code signing can protect users against an attacker who tampers with the architecture that handles this sensitive information.