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Re:Apple: Using alternative browser engines in the European ... by cjpearson on Friday August 09, 2024 @05:17AM (#41200145)
Apps are sandboxed, but WebKit runs outside the sandbox with additional privileges such as JIT and multiple processes and communicates with the app through IPC. This change is allowing third-party code to also run with these privileges as long as they follow certain security standards.
Re:Apple: Using alternative browser engines in the European ... by troad on Friday August 09, 2024 @08:16AM (#41201078)
Imagine if they spent the last fifteen years hardening those privileges, rather than fighting like hell to keep everyone out of their treehouse.