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The problem with sandboxes is that there isn't a perfect prision. Eventually, ways will be found to break out of it, and there will be bad actors that will take advantage of such.
I completely agree.
However, I still would rather have all the websites I visit pass through my browser's api than be making straight syscalls.
I think it's not perfect security but a good line of defense.
I'll grant that COM, ActiveX, and Adobe/Shockwave Flash turned out to be security nightmares.
But maybe it'll be fine this time.../s
It's technically possible that widespread use of hallucination-prone AI code-assist is the quality control tool that was missing in the several previous attempts...