• grue@lemmy.world
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    9 hours ago

    It’s also bad because why the fuck should a web browser have that much access to the hardware to begin with?!

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      7 hours ago

      Also why the fuck is the OS giving the web browser the option of giving it that access to the hardware?

      • Natanael@infosec.pub
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        6 hours ago

        As long as it’s doable from userspace the OS doesn’t know what’s a browser or what is being controlled with external code. Blame the concept of ambient authority