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josephgtoday at 5:33 AM1 replyview on HN

Yep. You’d think using web tech would make it really easy to sandbox any 3rd party JavaScript that gets run. But I suppose sandboxing is simply too inconvenient.


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pjmlptoday at 8:27 AM

Because that isn't how it happens, the plugin model relies on external processes with OS IPC, most of them rely on basic process security model, and aren't even implemented in JavaScript due to performance.