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someuser345today at 4:20 AM1 replyview on HN

End-users DON'T want developers' apps running in the browser to have freedom to access everything on the end-users' machines. Not having direct dom access is a security feature, as much as an MMU is. Please don't ask for this.


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afioritoday at 6:40 AM

Wasm is sandboxed at pretty much the same security boundary as js there is nothing a DOM-enabled wasm module could do (security/privacy wise) that JavaScript can't already do