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Re:Shadow: New browser engine made almost entirely in JavaSc... by armchairhacker on Friday October 27, 2023 @07:36PM (#38045343)
> I don't know how we got from "don't download and install random software from untrusted sources on your devices" to "let anyone with a website run code directly on your hardware. Sandboxes are impossible to breech!"

The whole point of WASM is that it's the alternative to downloading and installing random software.

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Re:Shadow: New browser engine made almost entirely in JavaSc... by nehal3m on Friday October 27, 2023 @07:40PM (#38045372)
Wasn’t that your parents point though?
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Re:Shadow: New browser engine made almost entirely in JavaSc... by autoexec on Friday October 27, 2023 @07:43PM (#38045395)
"Same malware, but with fewer steps" isn't exactly a win for WASM.
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